The books are officially closed on the 2025 Northwest Cherry Season. Growers shipped 23,617,800 20-pound boxes this year, a 4.6% increase from the season estimate
Washington State University's Cherry Breeding program works with an optical fruit sorter. How does this equipment help the program, and what flexibility does it allow researchers? WSU's Per McCord takes a look.
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.
The Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission says despite good growing conditions, and a lot of good-looking fruit, this year has been a struggle for many growers.
WSU said these 2nd generation adult leafhoppers are known to transmit X-disease phytoplasma, meaning this is a critical period for monitoring and management.
Washington State University is working to release new cherry varieties now and well into the future. Per McCord talks about the varieties they are working on for 5-10 years down the road.