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.

Summer is the time of year when you have to lock your car to keep desperate gardeners from leaving excess zucchini in the ...

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

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 ...

Olive, fig, pear, apple, mango, black cherry, mulberry, persimmon, orange, and lemon trees can live and bear fruit in your ...

Wilkes works for Regal Fruit International, a small, private company in Ephrata, Washington. He is part of the “Club Apple” movement. It’s not just universities developing new apple ...

WAPATO — A perfect storm of economic challenges is pushing Washington apple farmers out of business. Small orchardists say they are unable to sustain losses for years on end amid economic ...

I’m an apple farmer — how the wax on your fruit really gets there, you shouldn’t be scared By . Carly Stern. Published Dec. 30, 2024, 12:17 p.m. ET. ... Washington, with her dad, Geoff.

Washington even has its own apple grading standard, with one grade above USDA's U.S. Extra Fancy – Washington Extra Fancy. About 25% to 30% of its apple crop is exported; most goes to Canada and ...