Thurlby: We asked, they answered
The consumer has the final say on Northwest cherries.
The consumer has the final say on Northwest cherries.
Northwest cherry growers hope to take advantage of market opportunities in 2022.
Cherry industry takes notes on last season’s success and invests in healthy markets for 2021.
Pandemic pressures push cherry promotions to quickly adapt to online shopping and digital marketing, but Northwest Cherry Growers is up to the challenge.
Northwest Cherries President B.J. Thurlby looks ahead at another season of hope, with a solid plan in place.
2018 brings an earlier start and cloud of tariffs over China.
In Washington, we just came through the rainiest March on record, and the view from the window tells me the season has yet to give way to what most of us would call “springtime conditions.”
Gonzalo Villareal harvests SweetHeart cherries in Selah, Wash., on July 16, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) After record-setting
Gonzalo Villareal harvests SweetHeart cherries in Selah, Washington on July 16, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) by
Click chart to enlarge.July is the biggest month of shipments during the NW cherry season, but 2014 produced more