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What impact did mid-April's snow have on the Northwest pear crop.  We put that question before PBNW's Jeff Correa.   If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.com...

BASF Agricultural Solutions North America will donate $50,000 to The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund's Seed A Legacy pollinator habitat program.  The donation is part of BASF's annual Living Acres #MonarchChallenge initiative. The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund will use BASF's donation to expand its Seed A Legacy pollinator habitat program with the goal of restoring high-quality pollinator habitat

U.S. imports of honey continue to rise as American production declines.  New data from Economic Research Service shows imports have exceeded domestic honey production since 2005 and accounted for 74% of total U.S. honey supplies in 2021.  Over th...

Oregon State University researchers are set to release a wasp discovered in South Korea, in an effort to combat an invasive fruit fly that causes $500 million in damage to the state’s fruit crops every year.  Professor Vaughn Walton led the team who found the parasitic wasp, and he says it should significantly reduce the need for expensive chemical pesticides. “The t...

What impact did April's snowstorm have on the local tree fruit industry? We put that question before Mark Powers, President of the Northwest Horticultural Council. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...

Pear Bureau Northwest announced this week that Bob Catinella has been promoted to Director of Merchandising. Catinella started at PBNW in 2012 as one of the organization’s five Regional Marketing Managers and, according to the Bureau, has been continually taking on new responsibilities including adding national account responsibility for some of the country’s top retailers and becoming Lead Regio

Sweet cherry production is expected to drop this year, while tart cherry production forecasts are up year-over-year. According to NASS the sweet cherry production forecast is down 27% from 2021 figures at 275,000 tons. In Washington, the largest producing sweet cherry producing state, severe cold weather in winter and spring reduced pollination and fruit set ...

Exporting farm commodities has challenging for the past couple of years, but those struggles have intensified over the past 12 months. For the tree fruit industry, logistics has been one of the biggest challenges according to Todd Fryhover, president of the Washington Apple Commission ...

In today's Focus On Fruit, B.J. Thurlby talks about the impact new overtime requirements are having on the local fruit industry. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

Washington State University will host field day next week to for growers interested in staying ahead of the Little Cherry & X-disease infections in their orchards. The Tree Fruit Extension Center will hold the event Tuesday June 21st in Buena, WA. (4 ...