cherry crop

Cherries Northwest is out with its first crop estimate of the season.  The Round 1 estimate places the local cherry crop at 24.9 million 20 pound boxes.  B.J. Thurlby, President of Cherries Northwest said after a delayed start because of late winter storms, Mother Nature has been very kind to area growers.   “...

The cherry harvest is underway across the Inland Northwest, which means we should start seeing some of that sweet fruit in our local grocery stores in the coming weeks.  The anticipation is 23 million boxes will be harvested this year, which is slightly below the 2017 crop of 27 million boxes.  B....

Northwest Cherries is out with its first estimate of the 2018 fresh, sweet cherry crop.  This year, crews have estimated a crop of 226,605 metric tons, which comes out to 22.6 million 20-pound boxes, which is slightly lower than the crop produced last year.  No...

Cherry season in the Northwest is nearly over, but growers had a far better season than even they suspected. Through Thursday the 28th, Northwest growers had shipped more than 20.5 million 20-pound boxes, far surpassing most of their estimates of the season which tended to be below 20 million...