Cherries

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.

A ruling last week allows the U.S. to hit European countries with $7.5 billion worth of annual tariffs in retaliation for damages done by subsidies given to Airbus.

The hits keep on coming for U.S. fruit exporters as China’s tariffs on U.S. apples, pears, cherries and other U.S. commodities increased an additional 10% yesterday.

The USDA continues its overall African Swine Fever preparedness efforts. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will work with the states, and veterinary diagnostic labs to test for ASF.

Agri-pulse reports that The U.S. Cattlemen's Association sent a letter to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association asking why the organization lobbied for rules that would have limited the Freedom of Information Act requests to checkoff organizations...

Have you had a chance to taste a cherry from the Yakima Valley this year? Growers in the Yakima Valley expect a crop between 18 and 20 million boxes when the harvest is over. Some orchards have already been picked others are still waiting for cherries to ripen on trees...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Thanks to a warm spring, the Northwest's cherry season is off to a hot start. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that a record number of cherries were shipped in May — more than 651,000 20-pound boxes. That's according to the Northwest Cherry Growers, which represents 2,500 growers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Montana...