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Don’t miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: Chamber of Commerce | 2021 apple crop | American Rescue Plan Act | frost | freeze
Days after the start of spring, apple growers are eyeing a new farm year with the hope that 2021 fades into the rear-view mirror as a bad movie without a sequel. Read Story »
Tags: 2021 apple crop
During a breakfast with state Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler before the opening of the WNC Mountain State Fair last September, state Rep. Tim Moffitt seized the moment. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | Chuck Edwards | Jeff Nix | Tim Moffitt | 2021 apple crop | freeze | Tropical Storm Fred
Tags: snowstorms | 2021 apple crop | winter 2021-22 | 2022 apple crop
With good weather in the forecast and a 75th birthday to celebrate, the North Carolina Apple Festival would ordinarily be riding high when the event opens on Friday morning. Read Story »
Tags: 2021 apple crop | 2021 Apple Festival | Covid-19 masks
Farmers whose crops were flooded by Tropical Storm Fred face not only the prospect of lower yields and loss of quality, but also the reality that those crops cannot be used for human food, the N.C. Agriculture commissioner warned. Read Story »
Tags: 2021 apple crop | Tropical Storm Fred
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will activate its hotline beginning Saturday to connect farmers with resources that can assist with damage and other agricultural emergencies related to the storm. Read Story »
Tags: 2021 apple crop | Tropical Storm Fred | tropical s
MILLS RIVER — Bradley Johnston, Dave Shaffer, Jason Davis and Kirby Johnson sat around a picnic table outside Johnston’s barn, under the gaze of a few of Johnston’s Jersey cows, and talked about the growing season — in the past tense. Read Story »
Tags: tropical storms | 2021 apple crop | Tropical Storm Fred
After a year off during pandemic restrictions, the North Carolina Apple Festival returns to Main Street this year in time to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Read Story »
Tags: North Carolina Apple Festival | 2021 apple crop | 2021 Apple Festival
As roadside stands and U-pick orchards open for the season, apple growers are lamenting a crop decimated by two April frosts. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | Skytop Orchard | Jerred Nix | 2021 apple crop | Stepp Hillcrest Orchard | apple crop | frost | freeze
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for the area for a 24-hour period starting at 8 o'clock Saturday night as tropical storm Claudette churned northeast from Alabama. Read Story »
Tags: hurricanes | tropical storms | 2021 apple crop
Tags: Festivals | NC Apple Festival | Apple Festival | Covid-19 arts cancellations | 2021 apple crop | 2021 Apple Festival
Apple growers across Henderson County are bracing for bad news this Easter weekend as a cold snap threatens this year's crop. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | winter 2020-2021 | 2021 apple crop
A longtime apple grower, an innovator in agritourism and two professionals who serve the apple industry were honored last week by the Blue Ridge Apple Growers (BRAG) during the annual Winter Apple School held virtually. Read Story »
Tags: Stepp farm | 2019 apple crop | 2020 apple crop | 2021 apple crop | Stepp Hillcrest Orchard