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    <title>Minnesota Apple Growers Association Apple Growers News &amp; Info</title>
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      <title>MSU Extn - Critical Spring Temps for Tree Fruit Bud Development Stages</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MN DLI - New laws affecting employers and workers in ag...</title>
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dli.mn.gov/agriculture" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 21px;" face="Segoe UI Light, sans-serif"&gt;Agricultural workers | Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"&gt;Webinar Join us for an April 23 webinar to review laws affecting employers and workers in agriculture and meat-and poultry-processing industries, including employee notice requirements, a 70-hour pay guarantee, ergonomics and warehouse safety requirements. Find more information and register at dli.mn.gov/events. Definition of agriculture&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:07:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MPR News - Honeycrips apple prices are finally falling...</title>
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2024/03/21/honeycrisp-apple-prices-are-finally-falling-are-they-sustainable-income-for-farmers?fbclid=IwAR0hSEUgGLLanl6qaS10lrQIlUBKX7XSLfFUXeZOz2qar-T52q3WtQw4YYs" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#2A2A2A" face="IBM Plex Sans Condensed, system-ui, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Honeycrisp apple prices are finally falling. Will they be sustainable income for Minnesota farmers in the future?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:47:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Axios Twin Cities - Honeycrisp Apple Prices Fall</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 data-cy="story-headline" style="line-height: 58px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/02/25/honeycrisp-apple-prices-fall-supply-quality-questions" target="_blank" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#333335" face="NB International Pro, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, BlinkMacSystemFont, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Noto Color Emoji" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle007" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;Honeycrisp apple prices fall as orchards finally catch up with demand&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/02/25/honeycrisp-apple-prices-fall-supply-quality-questions" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://images.axios.com/MCillfCyYuWZrPsjIXBbVZ_JDBE=/0x281:4000x2531/1920x1080/2024/02/16/1708101527727.jpg?w=1920" alt="A hand picking apples on a conveyer belt "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:24:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Almanac - Labor Shortage at an Apple Orchard | March 2024 - Twin Cities PBS</title>
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.tpt.org/almanac/video/labor-shortage-at-an-apple-orchard-march-2024-40640/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Segoe UI Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Almanac - Labor Shortage at an Apple Orchard | March 2024 - Twin Cities PBS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#666666" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"&gt;Kaomi Lee visits a family getting out of the apple orchard business. Part 1 of 2.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:14:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>USApple Webinar:  Will Weather Threaten Apple Production in 2024?</title>
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        &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#060531" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Free Weather Webinar Back by Popular Demand!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#060531" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Like last year, &lt;strong&gt;Drew Lerner&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;will share his weather predictions from the spring bloom through the summer…and highlight any events/trends that might impact 2024 apple production. He will address all major apple production regions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#060531" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Drew is Senior Agricultural Meteorologist &amp;amp; President of World Weather, Inc. For 45 years he has been forecasting international weather for agriculture. He has been supporting the agricultural industry by providing detailed short and long-range weather predictions to support companies wanting to make better decisions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#060531" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Don’t miss this free 45-minute webinar -- a USApple exclusive!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#060531" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Details&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#060531" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;April 4&lt;br&gt;
        3:00pm EDT/12 noon PDT&lt;br&gt;
        Register&lt;/font&gt; &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://usaa.memberclicks.net/message2/link/3d18a39d-0023-42ad-81ab-7c034325bc77/1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#D11825" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#D11825"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;" color="#ECF0F1" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;USApple is the national voice of America's favorite fruit.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;" color="#ECF0F1" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The&lt;/font&gt; &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://usaa.memberclicks.net/message2/link/3d18a39d-0023-42ad-81ab-7c034325bc77/2" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;" color="#D11825" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#D11825"&gt;U.S. Apple Association&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;" color="#ECF0F1" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(USApple) is the only organization solely dedicated to addressing the needs of the national apple industry. USApple is committed to providing all segments of the industry the means to profitably produce and market apples and apple products. We serve the entire industry, representing it on national issues, increasing the demand for apples and apple products and providing information on matters pertaining to the apple industry.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;" color="#ECF0F1" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Not a USApple member yet?&lt;/font&gt; &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://usaa.memberclicks.net/message2/link/3d18a39d-0023-42ad-81ab-7c034325bc77/3" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;" color="#D11825" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#D11825"&gt;Join today!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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