cherry crop

In today's Focus On Fruit, BJ Thurlby President of Northwest Cherry Growers discusses how they plan to market in southeast Asia. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

Northwest Cherry Growers is out with its second round projections of the 2021 crop. The new expectation for the upcoming year is 223,723 tons, a 6% decrease from the Round 1 estimate. As with Round 1, the model is populated with historical data, growing degree day patterns, acreage shifts, market trends, processing tonnage and in-field assessments ...

Northwest Cherry Growers released it first crop projection of the year Thursday. The early estimate places the 2021 crop at 237,992 tons. Northwest Cherry Growers points out the 22-person estimation team looks at their orchards as well as the surrounding area's volume dynamics and compiles overviews for their area ...

According to numbers released by NASS, total sweet cherry production nationwide for 2020 is forecast at 334,000 tons, down 6% from 2019. In Washington and Oregon, severe cold snaps in February and mid-March had varying impacts across the region ...

Cherry harvest is underway across the Inland Northwest, but it’s not without a few challenges. Last weekend’s thunderstorms dumped rain on groves at a very bad time, and on-top of that, some locations in the lower Yakima Valley have reported frost over the past two weeks. Because o ...

Northwest Cherry President B.J. Thurlby recaps the 2019 season, the challenges and the successes.       If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com    ...

The local cherry season is days away from putting the finished touches on the 2019 season.  And B.J. Thurlby, President of Northwest Cherry Growers, says despite challenges and struggles to start the year, 2019 turned out to be better than most.  ...

For today's Focus on Fruit, B.J. Thurlby talks about the 2019 cherry harvest and how the crop looks.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

As the Northwest prepares to start the 2019 cherry harvest, the trade war between the U.S. and China continues.  Which mean a lack of sales to the commodity’s number one market.  However last month, Representative Dan Newhouse and Senator Maria Cantwell announced the Northwest cherry growers now have access to the USDA’s Market Facility Program to help, partially, offset lost income.   Newhouse sa

Last week, cherry growers from the five Northwest states gathered for their annual meeting, discussing progress in the orchard.  Growers estimated the 2019 crop at 236,400 tons, slightly lower than the over 249,000 tons estimated in Round 1 a few weeks ago.  Gr...