pear

As we continue to look at Northwest Farm Credit Services' quarterly reports for Northwest commodities, we turn our attention to pears and wine.  Karen Witt, NWFCS Vice president said pear growers’ returns were subdued for the 2017-18 crop due to the lowest production on record.   S...

Huge flames consumed part of a fruit processing plant in the Columbia Gorge community of Bingen, WA.  KING-TV reports the fire started at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday at the Underwood Fruit and Warehouse Company plant. It caused power outages in Bingen.  Th...

In near-unanimous fashion, pear growers in Washington and Oregon voted to keep Federal Marketing Order 927.   The marketing order allows the fresh and processed pear committees to collect assessments and use the funds to collect and distribute vital size, grade and availability information throughout the season as well as providing money for important pre and post-harvest research which are used b

As we continue to preview the upcoming growing season with the Northwest Farmers Credit Services, today we look at the Tree Fruit Industry.  Last month, the Washington State Tree Fruit Association’s Storage Report revealed a Northwest fresh apple crop at 134 million boxes, the second largest crop on record.  Michael ...

How impactful is pear marketing in other countries? Pear Bureau Northwest commissioned a study to find out.   Jeff Correa, International Marketing Director, said they had an ambitious goal.   “Full impact of export promotions on increasing exports and what value that has returned in terms of returns to the grower, but also the impacts on jobs, additional employment income, additional production be

Interpera, an International Pear Conference put on by the World Pear Congress, is coming to Wenatchee in June.   President and CEO of Pear Bureau Northwest Kevin Moffitt said that they'll, “Bring researchers from around the world who will come and speak about new pear varieties, they’ll talk about rootstock development, talk about mechanization, talk about good ways to reach consumers, how other c

December 1st begins the 12th National Pear Month.   USA Pears will celebrate by offering tasting events of Washington and Oregon pears around the world over a 24-hour period on December 3rd.   Events will happen in New Zealand, China, Saudi Arabia and Mexico along with several places throughout the U.S.   Pre...

The USDA released their August crop production forecast this past Friday and the Northwest is looking like it will see mostly larger yields in 2016 than 2015.   Some of the highlights include dry beans increasing by 20,000 acres in both Washington and Idaho, barley production in Washington up 63 percent from 2015 though Idaho will see a slight decline, corn production up 12 percent in Washington a