Washington

Potatoes held in storage on June 1st  totaled 57.9 million cwt, down 8% year-over-year.  Potatoes in storage accounted for 14% of 2024's production, the same as a year earlier.   Potatoes held in storage in Idaho totaled 22 million cwt, Oregon totaled 3.3 million cwt while...

While only a few weeks old, the Northwest cherry season is off to a great start.  With what growers have called "perfect production weather", large numbers of red and yellow cherries have been packed and shipped for consumers across the Northwest, across the county and across the world.  La...

You’ve probably noticed that local cherries have finally made their way to neighborhood grocery stores and fruit stands across the Northwest.  And the expectation this year is for a sizeable crop.  Northwest Cherries is expecting a crop this year between 22-22.5 million 20-pound boxes. ...

Idaho Barley Commissioner Josh Jones was elected Vice President of the National Barley Growers Association this week at the organization's summer meeting in Golden, CO.  Jones, a farmer from Troy, represents the Idaho Barley Commission on the NBGA board.   ...

Thanks to rains showers over the past couple of weeks, east of the Rockies, pasture and rangeland conditions nationwide have improved.   “We have seen the good-to-excellent ratings jumping to 46% and is up three percentage points from last week and at this point only 28% rated very poor-to-poor," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.  "That is...

According to USApple, as of June 1st, fresh apple holdings totaled 39.8 million bushels, a 2% drop from last year’s numbers, but a 22% increase from the June five-year average.  When it comes to processing apple holdings, there were 14.6 million bushe...

The spring wheat crop appears to be progressing nicely nationwide.   With planting wrapped up for the 2025 season, the industry can now look at emergence numbers.   “82% of the crop emerged by June 8th, one point ahead of average, four points behind last year's 86%," said USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey.  "The crop is fully...

Through the month of June, Feeding America and the National Association of Farm Broadcasters, which the PNW Ag Network is a part of, have partnered to end child hunger.  Feeding America works nationwide to meet the food needs of rural Americans.  Eric Wi...

When it comes to the heading progress of the national winter wheat crop, figures crossed the ¾ mark over the weekend.   USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey said that May 25th heading figure is ahead of the five-year average of 70%, but slightly behind the 76% we saw this time last year.   “We now...

The size of the 2025 cherry crop looks good across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Utah.  How does the quality look?  For that we turn to BJ Thurlby, President of Northwest Cherries.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquareme...