Wash. growers expect to top forecasts amid prime conditions
Samantha Graf
Capital Press
A record-breaking sweet cherry crop is predicted for Washington - double the 2008 production year.
The state is expected to produce around 200,000 tons, which is up 11 percent from the earlier June forecast, according to the Washington field office of the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The expected tonnage is 100 percent above the 2008 cherry crop and 27 percent up from the 2007 production year, said NASS in a news release. "If realized, Washington's crop will be 19 percent larger than the previous record of 168,000 tons set in 2006." New plantings of earlier varieties like Chelan have come into production, increasing the potential production levels for Washington state cherries.
The field office cites a "very cold winter and an excellent bloom" period for the success of the 2009 crop so far.
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