USDA’s Economic Research Service reports the ongoing Western drought is the most extreme in the region since 2000. The NASS and the NASDA celebrate 50 years of working together.
While area cherry growers are trying to deal with days of heavy rain so to are hay growers in the Yakima Valley. Gary Kirkof is Vice President of The Yakima Valley Hay and Forage Growers Chapter of the Washington Hay Association. “We have never seen this much rain in the spring...
Cherry growers from throughout the Northwest will gather at the Yakima Convention Center on Friday for the 70th annual Cherry Institute. James Michael, with Northwest Cherry Growers, says it is a day of education for growers. Growers learn the newest techniques and have a chance to talk with other farmers from throughout the region...
The five states that make up the Northwest Cherry Growers have broken their shipment record this year and the season isn't over yet. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports 22.7 million boxes of cherries have been shipped this year so far...