Social media posts and news reports from other states have immigrants, documented and undocumented, refusing to work.

“When our workforce is afraid, fields go unharvested, packinghouses fall behind, and market supply chains, from local grocery stores to national retailers, are affected,” McGuire said in a statement. ...

A tree fruit and hops grower in Washington’s Yakima Valley disputes allegations made by the state that claim the farm ...

Growers across Central Washington say fears of ICE raids are keeping workers away from the fields — threatening to leave millions of dollars' worth of cherries unpicked and rotting on the trees.

Hundreds of flatbed loads of honey bees are trucked into Washington every spring, enabling the production of apples, cherries ...

At least one cherry grower in the Mattawa area has already lost about 300 bins, each weighing between 350 and 400 pounds, ...

The threat of federal agents raiding orchards is forcing a labor shortage that has caused some Washington producers to leave ...

Moderately sized, regional grocery chains have the dexterity to market small volumes of new fruit. Yoke’s Fresh Market can ...

About 70-80% of Northwest cherries are shipped across the United States. Gay said that Finley Cherries fruit is sent to warehouses where the cherries are sorted, graded, packed, shipped and sold to ...

EBITDA dropped 13% to $134.9m and net profits remain in the red, delivering a $92.2m loss from a $50.6m loss in the corresponding period. "Del Monte Foods to close Washington fruit factory" was ...

Del Monte Foods is closing a facility in Washington state as the US fruit and veg business tries to reshape its network in line with demand. Skip to site menu Skip to page content. JF.