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The making of high antioxidant pet treats 

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My colleagues, recently, attended the Petfood Forum at K-State and I wanted to share a breakout session Tree Top led.  We received so many positive reviews on the hands-on workshop, I thought I’d share some of what we covered. As our pets age, they can develop age-related problems the same as humans do. Oxidative stress […]

No Added Sugar

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More and more consumers are becoming increasingly concerned with the amount of added sugars in their diet. New FDA guidelines recommend that consumers limit their added sugar intake to 50 grams per day. Added sugars are sugars or syrups that are added to products during processing to enhance sweetness and are not inherent in the […]

Growth in fresh market drives variety selection

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From 1993 to 2016F – Red Delicious has decreased 65 million boxesGolden delicious has declined 20.3 million boxesRed & Golden’s together have declined to just 30% of total US productionGala has increased (1998-2016) from 10 million to 44 million boxesHoneycrisp has increased 50% in the past 5 years. (7.9 mil to 15.3 mil boxes)

2017 U.S. Apple Crop Production Forecast

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts the 2017/2018 apple crop at 10.4 billion pounds. Measured in 42-pound bushels, the crop is forecasted to be 248.7 million bushels.This represents 20 million bushels less than 2016, and 2 million bushels below the 5 year average production.The U.S. Apple Association is predicting similar production volumes.U.S. Apple Assoc. estimates […]

Apple Crop Update 8-4-2016

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U.S. total, Washington is estimated at 168 million, up 10.7 percent from 2015. Of that, 135 million will be fresh and 33 million will be processed. The Washington industry focuses on the fresh crop number while other states talk total numbers of fresh and processed. Washington is finishing sales of a 115-million-box 2015 fresh crop. […]