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EDNEYVILLE — Promoting the “farmer-facing parts of USDA,” U.S. Agriculture Undersecretary Bill Northey visited apple and tomato growers from Henderson County and Christmas tree growers from Fraser fir country and watched a farm machine cleanly harvest bluegrass sod from a field on Gilliam Road. Read Story »
Tags: farming | apple farming | Christmas trees | Fred Pittillo
Apple growers appear to have escaped major damage from frosty weather Friday night and the heavy rain and high winds Sunday night into early Monday morning, Henderson County's extension director said. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | winter 2019-20 | 2020 apple crop
EDNEYVILLE — Growers are bracing for potential crop damage tonight with a predicted low of 31 and the possibility of colder pockets in orchards, berry fields and vineyards. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | Easter | 2018 apple crop | 2019 apple crop | 2020 apple crop | Easter freeze 2012
Although they won't be able to enjoy fresh apples, farmers from across the state will learn about one of Henderson County's most successful pick-your-own operations when they visit Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard next week. The farmers will visit another apple orchard with a successful roadside retail operation on U.S. 64 and three other farms in the county that welcome visitors during the annual Agritourism Farm Tour and Conference. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | Stepp farm | Mike Stepp | agritourism | pick your own apple orchards
Of course, we all know Henderson County grows 85% of North Carolina’s apples. We see the delicious fruit hanging from the trees every fall and can’t wait to savor our favorite variety. Wouldn’t you like to grow a few trees in your yard or learn more about the ones you already have? Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | Terry Kelley
EDNEYVILLE — At Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchards, U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows stood in the retail shed to learn about one of Henderson County’s first and most successful U-pick apple farms. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | Stepp farm | 2019 apple crop
You won't want to miss this week's Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | 2019 Flat Rock election | pubcycle
As thousands of local folks and tourists celebrate apples in Hendersonville this weekend, they’ll be adding to a North Carolina heritage that goes back generations. Read Story »
Tags: NC Apple Festival | apple farming | 2019 apple crop | heirloom apples
Tags: apple farming | vineyards | Crest of the Blue Ridge | American Viticultural Area
EDNEYVILLE — Henderson County commissioners are confronting a decision in Edneyville that they say could lead to a building boom and pressure to bulldoze apple orchards for new houses and apartments. Before they make such a momentous move, they want to hear from Edneyville residents. Read Story »
Tags: road construction | utilities | apple farming | roads | Henderson County Board of Commissioners
Tags: apple farming | 2016 apple crop | 2017 apple crop | berry farming
Tags: apple farming | 2016 apple crop | 2017 apple crop | Don Justus | U-pick orchards
Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard in Edneyville and Sky Top Orchard in Flat Rock have been nominated as the best apple orchards in America in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers' Choice travel award contest. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming
A committee interviewing candidates for the North Carolina Apple Ambassador title stumped Kayce Lancaster when it asked, “What’s your favorite part of the Apple Festival?” Read Story »
EDNEYVILLE — Climb 18-foot ladder. Pick 50 pounds of apples. Climb down ladder. Dump apples in bin. Move ladder. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | Tree to Table 2014 apple series | Jerred Nix | Jeff Nix | 2014 apple crop
By most accounts, Henderson County's 2014 apple crop is high in quality and lower in quantity. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | editorials | Tree to Table 2014 apple series
The North Carolina Apple Festival named the 2014 Apple Farmers of the Year today as the four-day festival opened under sunny skies on Hendersonville's Main Street. Read Story »
Tags: NC Apple Festival | apple farming
This week's Hendersonville Lightning salutes Henderson County's apple farming tradition with an in-depth look at the 2014 apple season. We cover what goes into apple farming from early season pruning to picking and the market. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Lightning | apple farming | Agribusiness Henderson County | Tree to Table 2014 apple series
DANA — Henderson County apple growers have began harvesting early apples amid guarded optimism that the 2014 crop will bring favorable market prices. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming
EDNEYVILLE — A Wednesday in late April was what you might call a typical day of farming. Instead of working in the apple orchard, Jerred Nix and his father, Jeff, had driven back and forth to Greenville, S.C., to pick up a rebuilt alternator for their New Holland tractor. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | Tree to Table 2014 apple series | Jerred Nix | Jeff Nix
Jerred Nix was re-elected president of the Blue Ridge Apple Growers Association during the organization's Winter Apple School on Feb. 5. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming
Panelists at a forum on immigration reform said the nation's immigration policy is irrevocably broken and needs to be fixed for economic and moral reasons. Read Story »
Tags: immigration | farming | apple farming | green industries | Bert Lemkes | Mark Williams | Agribusiness Henderson County
A cold front is expected to bring 1-2 inches of rain to the mountains on Monday and after that it will feel like fall with highs in the 60s and lows in the mid 40s. Read Story »
Tags: Weather | apple farming | 2013 rainfall
The N.C. Legislature has overridden Gov. Pat McCrory's veto of a bill that Henderson County farmers would help ensure an adequate supply of labor to pick this season's bumper crop of apples. Read Story »
Tags: farming | apple farming
On a visit to Hendersonville Monday to ride in the parade that honors the apple, Gov. Pat McCrory defended his veto of a bill that apple growers say they need to ensure an adequate supply of harvest labor. Read Story »
Tags: immigration | farming | apple farming | Gov. Pat McCrory
Though Labor Day weekend was at the mercy of Mother Nature, the 67th annual Apple Festival proved to be resilient enough to outlast showers. Read Story »
Tags: Festivals | Historic Downtown Hendersonville | North Carolina Apple Festival | apple farming
Marvin A. Owings Jr. has devoted his career to promoting the apple industry, honoring farmers for the job they do. This weekend the apple industry is honoring him. Read Story »
As Labor Day approached, Madison Vaughn looked forward to her role as the 2013 Apple Ambassador of the 67th North Carolina Apple Festival. Read Story »
A year ago, apple growers limped into Labor Day weekend with a very short crop after suffering the second spring freeze in five years. The April freeze followed by summer hailstorms wiped out about 60 percent of the county's signature farm commodity. Read Story »
DANA — Doug Marshall used a tractor and a lift to load boxes of apples on to a truck, grinding deep into the soft brown mud and enduring one more rainy day in a summer of record rain. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming | 2013 rainfall
The deluge of rain this summer has caused widespread damage to Henderson County crops, delayed construction work and put campgrounds underwater. Read Story »
Tags: farming | apple farming | Marvin Owings | 2013 rainfall
The forecast is getting brighter for Henderson County apple farmers. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming
Apple, peach, grape and berry growers will be watching the thermometer tonight. Forecasters predicted lows in the mid 30s in Henderson County but a freeze warning issued by the National Weather Service extended to the county's western and northern boundary. Read Story »
Tags: Weather | farming | apple farming
MILLS RIVER — A carpet of red, yellow, purple, blue, pink and green spread in every direction as far as Mark Meadows could see. A cold rain pelted the roof but in a few weeks' time, the plants and flowers under 37 acres of greenhouse roof will be in big stores and smaller nurseries up to 350 miles from their Mills River birthplace. Read Story »
Tags: farming | apple farming | U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows | green industries | Van Wingerden Greenhouses | Bert Lemkes
Ronald Ray Lamb, a well-known apple grower and businessman, died Monday after a long battle with kidney cancer. He was 77. Read Story »
Local apple growers and winery owners will be among the featured speakers at a conference on agritourism at Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards on Thursday, March 28. Read Story »
Tags: Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards | Alan Ward | apple farming | Henderson County wine industry | Burntshirt Vineyards | Jim Clarke | Stepp farm
Lows in the 20s through Friday will probably help — and not hurt — the 2013 apple crop, growers say. Read Story »
Tags: Weather | apple farming
The Blue Ridge Apple Growers Association honored its Grower of the Year during its annual meeting and apple school Feb. 6. Read Story »
Tags: apple farming
DANA — Terence Robinson knows apples. More important, he knows apple farmers. Read Story »
Tags: NC Agriculture Extension Service | apple farming | Marvin Owings
DANA — Farmers know that when the cold sets in, the worst companion is a calm still night. Read Story »
Tags: farming | apple farming
Awaiting U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's arrival in Hendersonville last week, Mark Williams, the county's Agribusiness Development director, received an email that perfectly supported the message he and other farming advocates wanted Hagan to hear. Read Story »
Tags: immigration | farming | apple farming
Under clear blue skies the 66th annual North Carolina Apple Festival opened with a welcome from officials and festival officials and the announcement of the fourth annual Apple Farmer of the Year, third generation grower Eugene Charles "Bud" Dalton of Edneyville. Read Story »
Tags: NC Apple Festival | apple farming | Eugene Charles "Bud" Dalton
Apple Festival visitors can always find plenty of fresh apples up and down Main Street. But for see where they grow and pick them by hand, visitors might want to hop in the car and head to a U-pick orchard. Read Story »
Tags: NC Apple Festival | apple farming | Skytop Orchard | Justus Orchard
The path of Tropical Storm Isaac, which lashed the Florida Keys on Sunday and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it lumbered up the Gulf of Mexico, has shifted to the west, a hopeful sign for Henderson County's apple crop and the festival that honors it. Read Story »
Tags: NC Apple Festival | apple farming