Agricultural climate creep - Good Fruit Grower

Agricultural climate creep - Good Fruit Grower

Fifty years from now, Michigan will be New Jersey. In other words: If current patterns continue, Michigan’s climate in five decades will look a lot like New Jersey’s climate today.  Does that mean the Lake Michigan coast will turn into the Jersey Shore? Perhaps. But that’s outside the scope of this magazine. From a fruit grower’s perspective, it means Michigan should continue to be able to grow the same crops it grows now, despite the uncertaint…