There are about 1000 acres of plums in Michigan. Oceana County is the foremost plum county in Michigan with over 200 acres. Berrien and Van Buren counties rank second and fourth.
Plums are a crop in decline in Michigan.
A majority of the crop is processed into baby food or canned. There is a local market for fresh fruit and fresh plums are shipped to other states. There are a wide variety of plums grown in Michigan with variety trials at the Northwest Horticultural Station . The Michigan Plum Advisory Board has Information and Recipes for Plums. Trunk Borers such as American plum borer , lesser peach tree borer and peach tree borer have become major pests attacking the trunk and limbs and significantly reducing tree health.