U.S. Apple Association

The U.S. Apple Association has named a new chair to lead its board of directors. Mike Preacher, the marketing director at Domex Superfresh Growers, will serve the 2020-21 term. Yakima-based Superfresh Growers, is a fifth-generation, family-owned, grower and shipper that focuses on apples, pears, cherries and apricots ...

Time and cost are two of the factors that apple producers must consider in this day and age. Jim Bair of the U.S. Apple Association said on average it takes four years for a new apple orchard to produce market ready fruit. "It's very expensive ...

On Tuesday, several lawmakers, including Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse sent a letter to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue asking, that apple growers be included in coronavirus relief. The bipartisan letter, signed by 25 members of Congress, calls on the USDA to provide CARES Act funds for the apple industry. ...

The U.S. Apple Association has launched its 2019-20 Apples4Ed initiative.  The grant program supports healthy snacking initiatives in public schools across the United States.  USApple will fund five $4,000 healthy snacking initiatives on campuses in 2020.   ...

According to the U.S. Apple Association, apple exports dropped 27% from 2017 to 2018.  That announcement came Thursday during the organization’s annual Crop and Outlook Marketing Conference in Chicago.   USApple officials said due to growing trade tensions and escalating tariffs from top export countries, the overall farm gate income for U.S. apple grower...

If you plan on taking your family or children, or anyone not familiar with the Ag industry out to one of the many orchards across our region; they may be a bit disappointed.  Primarily as Rod Bain explains, to the outside world the modern day orchard doesn’t look like an apple orchard.    ...

According to the U.S. apple Association, total apples in storage on May 1st dropped 13% from 2018.  According to the survey, this year’s fresh apple holdings last week, totaled 38.6 million bushels, 13% percent less than the inventories reported for May 1 of last year.  Processi...

U.S. Apple Association has issued its sixth report on the 2018 apple crop.  According to Fruit Growers News, this year’s fresh apple holdings on April 1st, totaled 51.2 million bushels, 12% less year over year.  Processing holdings totaled 20.9 million bushe...

Farmers for Free Trade is again placing advertisements on cable television showing an on-the-ground look at how current trade disputes are damaging export markets for U.S. farmers.   In conjunction with the U.S. Apple Association, the advertisement targets the retaliations to the Section 232 tariffs that include U.S. a...