cherry harvest

Cherry growers across the Northwest continue to move at a healthy clip trying to reach consumer demand.  Northwest Cherry Growers said as of Wednesday 19,473,061 million 20-pound boxes have been shipped.  The expectation remains that strong volume will stick through the end of the month of July and into August.   ...

We’re only a month into the cherry harvest.  But we’ve already seen some record fall.   According to Northwest Cherry Growers, on Monday June 25th, growers had reached a new industrial daily shipping record of 712,486 boxes.  The group says that’...

Thanks to ideal weather conditions, cherry growers across the Northwest have been able to achieve full speed, which has translated into a strong start to the harvest.  Northwest Cherry Growers reports that many operations have started to work deep into the Bing Crops, leading to an increase in daily total shipments.  An...

Despite thunderstorms that hit in various areas of the Inland Northwest, Northwest Cherries B.J. Thurlby said rain hasn’t been as big a problem as the wind.   “All the growers reported real high winds which is a concern and that’s something we want to watch, but all the reports are saying there weren’t even any helicopter flying because that rain, and they got a lot of rain right in the Tri-Cities

At the unofficial half way point of the 2016 cherry harvest, this year’s crop appears to be in very good shape.  BJ Thurlby, President of Cherries Northwest said growers have harvested 8.7 million 20-pound boxes, which is slightly off par for the 18-19 million boxes forecast at the start of the season.  Thurlby ...