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Agriculture
1:45 pm
Sun April 15, 2012

Frost wipes out juice grapes in SW Michigan

Grape vines in west Michigan
Credit user rkramer62 / Flickr
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A devastating frost has wiped out grapes grown for juice in southwestern Michigan. John Jasper, a surveyor for Welch's Foods, tells TV station ABC57 that he went through hundreds of acres before even finding a live bud. He estimates more than 10,000 acres were destroyed Thursday, mostly in Berrien, Cass and Van Buren counties.

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Economy
4:15 pm
Wed September 14, 2011

Early season frost threatens Michigan crops

Credit (photo by Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio)
Corn growing along US 127 south of Mason
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 An early season cold snap is threatening to seriously damage Michigan’s corn crop.   Temperatures are expected to slide into the 30’s tonight and into the weekend.  

This year did not start well for Michigan farmers.   A cold, wet Spring delayed planting for nearly two months.   Now, an early season frost could damage corn, soybean and other crops just a few weeks from harvest. 

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