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The Washington Apple Commission is making a new push in the Dominican Republic featuring a Seattle Mariner. Jennie Strong has the details in today's Focus On Fruit.

The tree fruit industry will gather in North Central Washington this week to focus on the past year and to look ahead to 2026.

According to USApple the first report of fresh and processing apples in storage is incomplete, thanks to the government shutdown.

In case harvest isn't enough for the for growers, orchard workers & others in the industry, the Washington Apple Commission has a variety of events coming up.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson said Monday the state will see the addition of hundreds of new jobs in rural communities, thanks to $700,000 in state funding.

Did you know October is National Apple Month? And, did you know Oregon is home to the second largest cidery in America?

This is a busy time of year for the Washington apple community, not only in the orchards, but overseas as well.

No matter if your role is a producer driving a combine, a driver hauling grain to the local elevators, or a motorist on country roads surrounded by farmland, safety needs to be kept in mind.

With harvest ramping up across the region, the Washington State Tree Fruit Association has a message for all growers, workers, or anyone in the orchard: "Be on the lookout for Japanese beetle."

What changes to the H-2A program would the tree fruit industry like to see? We put that question before Jon DeVaney of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association.