cherry crop

While only a few weeks old, the Northwest cherry season is off to a great start.  With what growers have called "perfect production weather", large numbers of red and yellow cherries have been packed and shipped for consumers across the Northwest, across the county and across the world.  La...

The size of the 2025 cherry crop looks good across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Utah.  How does the quality look?  For that we turn to BJ Thurlby, President of Northwest Cherries.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquareme...

Cherries Northwest President B.J. Thurlby takes a look back on the 2024 cherry season.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.com 

Berries, fruits, and other crops are in harvest mode and cherries are just one of those products coming to market.

In today's Focus On Fruit, B.J. Thurlby President of Northwest Cherry Growers talks about the trade picture for the year ahead. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

We have a better idea how damaging mid-April’s snow storm was to the Northwest cherry crop. During their recent five-state meeting, Northwest Cherry Growers forecasted the 2022 crop at 13-14 million 20-pound boxes. “There’s just not as many cherries out there, these growers have sustained some real hits, and the hope is that we have enough to harvest and we have enough to at least get out to the

The winter-like stormed that rolled across the Pacific Northwest Sunday and Monday not only brought unseasonably cold temperatures to the area, but extremely late season snow as well. Snow totals varied from a few inches on the Palouse, to 3”-8” in the Hood River area and as much as 12” around Medford. What impa ...

In today's Focus On Fruit, we take a look back at the 2021 cherry season with B.J. Thurlby. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

Washington State University's Tianna Dupont tell us about a new app developed between WSU and Oregon State University to help growers detect Little Cherry Disease. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...

As the 2021 cherry harvest continues, the news is both good and not so good. To date nearly 13,767,157 20-pound boxes have been picked and shipped, and it looks like the supply will meet the demand of late July promotions. However, the impact of the late June heat is really starting to impact numbers ...