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The U.S. Apple Association has named a new chair to lead its board of directors. Mike Preacher, the marketing director at Domex Superfresh Growers, will serve the 2020-21 term. Yakima-based Superfresh Growers, is a fifth-generation, family-owned, grower and shipper that focuses on apples, pears, cherries and apricots ...

It's summer, and one of the best snacks out there, whether its for your holiday weekend, or just because, is sweet cherries.  And while this year's crop is below what we saw this time last year, NASS' Lance Honig is there will will be enough cherries to go around. "Produ ...

With the cherry harvest well underway and pear harvest set to start next month, members of the tree fruit industry say Northwest producers have grown a great crop. Jon DeVaney, President of the Washington state Tree Fruit Association said despite smaller volume, it looks like a good, marketable pear and apple crop this year ...

So far, the 2020 cherry harvest has been a unique one, not because of coronavirus or trade issues, but Mother Nature. B.J. Thurlby, President of the Washington State Tree Fruit Commission, said the weather has not been cooperating with growers, creating slowdowns in the harvest ...

According to NASS there was a lot of variation in fruit production between Washington and Oregon last year. Washington produced 7.22 billion pound of apples last year, up 13% year over year, with a total value of $1.96 billion, down 8% from 2018 numbers ...

The coronavirus could have a long-term, wide reaching impact on the Washington farm economy, which many don’t anticipate. That is the fear of many Ag groups across the state. Representative Dan Newhouse said he and other are concerned that if Asian markets don’t rebound from the pandemic in the coming months, local growers will lose market share, making it difficult to sell cherries, apples and s

The coronavirus has most, if not all of us on edge these days, trying to determine what trips are essential, what safe and what is not. As you think about areas of your life that could expose you to COVID-19, the Ag industry is reminding consumers your food is not one of those locations ...

For today’s quarterly commodity snapshot, we take a look at cherries and wine. Northwest Farm Credit Services Bill Perry said their 12-month outlook calls for slightly profitable returns for mid-season cherries and profitable returns for early- and late-season cherries. ...

Starting May 1st, Starr Ranch Growers will be the new marketing and sales arm of Stadelman Fruit. Company officials said this partnership will add more than three million boxes of apples, cherries and pears to Wenatchee-based Starr Ranch’s portfolio of 21 million boxes of fruit overall. ...

Washington State University's Dr. Scott Harper talks about X phytoplasma, and the importance of grower remaining vigilant. If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio... Read More ...