Nearly 9.8M Boxes Of Cherries Harvested This Season

After a delayed start thanks to cool, wet weather this spring, the 2022 cherry harvest is progressing nicely across the Pacific Northwest.  As of Thursday, July 25^th, the Northwest cherry industry has shipped 9,745,008 twenty-pound equivalent boxes.

According to Northwest Cherry Growers, with such strong, late-producing orchards, the second half of the Northwest cherry crop makes for excellent displays.  And that maybe good news for the industry, since purchase data shows that many single-bag buyers don't make that purchase until they realize the season's countdown clock is ticking.  Industry officials say growers will ship near, or slightly above the Round 4 July estimate of 7.5 million boxes.  Additional July volume will come at the expense of the projected 2022 August volume of 1.9 million boxes and/or the small but measurable volume in September.

Beginning on the 8th of June, Thursday was the 48th day of shipments this season.

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