Knock on wood: This year’s cherry season should be better for Northwest growers, who are coming off a disaster of a 2023 harvest year. It looks like it will be better for consumers, too. B.J. Thurlby, ...

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Disaster declarations have been approved in Washington state and Oregon. Cherry harvest has started in the Northwest, and growers say they are optimistic about this year’s crop, which is substantially ...

Story byColumbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. Joel Martin, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. Jun. 30—WENATCHEE — The cherry harvest is coming in full this year, according to the Washington ...

A cluster of sweet cherries hanging from a tree during sunset. - Vvvita/Getty Images If your sweet cherry tree (Prunus avium) is producing fruit that's small or not as sweet as you expected, you might ...

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Oregon’s cherry harvest, one of the state’s biggest sources of agricultural income, is in dire straits because of climate change this year, and growers need emergency relief, says the state ...

This will likely be Rob Valicoff’s last cherry harvest for some time. Last season, Little Cherry Disease struck orchards throughout the state, including several in the Yakima Valley. The virus caused ...

The Pacific Northwest cherry crop is 80,000 tons short this year. The smaller-than-usual fruit harvest happened largely because Oregon and Washington were hit with a severe winter storm on April 14, ...