Salem, OR

Larry and Pat Wildman

The wind machine made all of the difference.

We have been growing about 20 acres of cherries for 25 years and during a cold year, we would expect to not have crop in about half of the orchard. Recently, we invested in an Orchard-Rite wind machine and we had even crop throughout the orchard. We might put in another machine, but the one gives us enough air movement to cover the whole acreage.

The Auto-Start™ option has also been a great advantage since we live 20 miles from the farm.