date:Jul 24, 2012
Unseasonably warm weather early this year, followed by a cold snap in April, has devastated much of the nation's tart cherry crop. Michigan, the nation's largest tart cherry producer, has been affected the most, and although crops in western states will bolster this year's totals, 2012 national production will be significantly down from 2011.
As a producing region, the Midwest has had one of its worst years in a long time because of Mother Nature, said Perry Hedin, executive director of the Che