Northwest Cherries

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

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 ...

B.J. Thurlby has an update on the 2019 cherry crop, and when we can expect to see some of that sweet fruit in our stores and Farmers Markets.       If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

Late July is typically when the Northwest Cherry season starts to wind down.  But that is not the case this year.  So far, 22,660,153 million 20 pound boxes have been shipped out this season nearly matching the pre-season estimate with weeks remaining. N...

If you're looking for cherries for your upcoming 4th of July picnic, the USDA has some good news for you.  Lance Honig with NASS says there will be enough cherries to enjoy this summer.  However,  "We're expected our sweet cherry crop to be a little bit down from last year, actually, 320,000 tons or 26% below what was produced last year, but, last year was a really big crop."   He a... R

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...