On this episode of The Specialty Crop Cast on Pomes and Stones we welcome Travis Bratschi owner of Bratschi Orchards. A first generation farmer started small and has grown himself a beautiful apple farm located in Traverse City Michigan! Travis breaks down what it takes to grow beautiful fruit in a sometimes non-cooperative often volatile growing season.

In this episode we will be learning what it takes to run a high production apple farm. What varieties does travis grow? How does he deal with damaging hail storms? How does he color up fruit and keep quality apples through long storage windows? We answer all that and much more in this weeks episode of The Specialty Crop Cast!

Thank you Travis for coming into the studio and sharing your farming journey!

As chery harvest approaches we will be taking an break through the month of July! Talon and the guys will be back in August with harvest updates and a lineup of new guests!