crop estimate

This week, Kevin Moffitt, President of Pear Bureau Northwest breaks down the first fresh crop estimate of the season. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

When it comes to the domestic balance sheet of wheat stocks, World Outlook Chairman, Mark Jekanowski, said changes were mainly small, but there was a noteworthy pull back in the USDA forecast of ten million bushels.At this time of year he said the wheat outlook is affected by data such as the March grain stocks report... Read More ...

Northwest Cherries is out with the first round estimate for the 2020 crop. The estimate, compiled by growers from across the region, puts this year's crop at 205,032 tons, or 20.5 million boxes. If that holds true, it would make this year's harvest smaller than the 2019 crop by roughly 30,000 tons and the smallest harvested crop 2016 ...

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.  ...

Pear Bureau Northwest is out with its first fresh pear crop estimate for the 2019-20 season across Washington and Oregon.  And growers from Central Washington, northern Oregon and the Medford area anticipate harvesting 17.3 million 44 pound boxes this season, which comes out to 380,000 tons.  Th...

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...

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 wine grape harvest season is quickly approaching, and with cooler temperatures this year, the vines have been able to express themselves this year according to Vicky Scharlau with the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers.   “Everything we’ve heard from both growers and vintners at this point indicates that quality is going to be out of this world.”   Scharl...