Cherries

The cherry harvest is booming in the Northwest, with growers shipping over 5.5 million boxes, just in time for July 4th celebrations and the upcoming National Rainier Cherry Day.

On October 9th, Northwest Cherries announced the final numbers of the 2025 season, a crop that ended up being larger than estimated.

WSU said these 2nd generation adult leafhoppers are known to transmit X-disease phytoplasma, meaning this is a critical period for monitoring and management.

Northwest Cherries announced Monday that 15.3 million 20-pound boxes have been shipped this season.

This article includes 5 summer recipes for grilled chicken (or baked chicken) you can make with locally grown Yakima Cherries! Cherry season starts in June!

Discover why farmland values in the San Joaquin Valley are declining, impacted by factors like commodity prices and the SGMA implementation.

A press release says this season Chukar Cherries will end up processing more than a half a million pounds of Washington cherries for use in "tree-to-table cherry gifts and treats."

Officials at Chukar say the raised the $5000 donation by allocating a portion of proceeds from one day of sales.

The House Ag Appropriations bill released last week provides $26.3 billion for total funding, $532 million below the 2023 funding level.

This is the first reported sighting of this species of moth in the country.