That’s how Washington fruit industry leaders described this year’s upcoming northwest cherry harvest. Northwest Cherries, the organization that oversees the cherry harvest in Washington, Oregon, Idaho ...

Courtesy of TJ Mullinax / Good Fruit Grower B.J. Thurlby’s name is synonymous with Northwest sweet cherries. He was voted 2026’s Northwest “Cherry King” on Jan. 7, but died on Jan. 10 following ...

A fruit-hauling robot developed by Washington State University graduate students and Heritage University undergraduates won a $5,000 prize at a recent competition judged by academics and agricultural ...

With summer approaching, it can only mean one thing for fruit lovers in Washington state: Cherries are coming. The round stone fruit, in both its tart and sweet varieties, is ready for picking by ...

JoAnne Daniels is one of those supporting cast members who works at the heart of the fruit industry as the Treasurer/Controller for the Washington State Fruit Commission. It develops, markets and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I'm not sure how it happened, but "Big Pumpkin" managed to convince us that the plump orange gourds are the fruit of the fall.

A prolonged cold snap in January, and cooler periods that followed, have ravaged the pear crops in Oregon and Washington. The harvest data shows that Washington farmers are likely to have the worst ...

Spokane, Wash. — Gas prices in Washington state have increased up to $5 a gallon, which is placing a challenge on the state's fruit growers. Jon DeVaney, president of the Washington State Tree Fruit ...