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On Thursday, USDA declared the U.S. free of plum pox virus.  USDA undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs Greg Ibach made the declaration at a ceremony, saying the 20-year fight against the disease “is officially over.”   Ibac...

That late blast of winter we saw that hit in February and March appears to have impacted the Washington apricot crop.  B.J. Thurlby told the Spokesman Review last week that those unseasonably cold temperatures cut production in half.  The president of the Washington State Fruit Commission says in a typical season, the state produces roughly 5,000 tons of apricots, but this season the yield was clo