Everyone Watching Washington
It is the time of year consumers eagerly await the arrival of a fresh apple crop from Washington state. "Consumers are initially attracted to their bright, bold coloring and unique names," says Chuck Sinks, president of sales and marketing for Sage Fruit Company in...
New Varieties are Setting the Stage in Washington Apple Industry
There is growing demand for Honeycrisp, Fuji, Gala, and the highly anticipated Cosmic Crisp® variety. In fact, more growers are integrating “club” or trademarked apple varieties into their crop mixes because consumers are demanding them. Growth is especially vibrant...
Red Delicious Apple Losing its appeal in Favor of Jazzy Newcomers Like Cosmic Crisp
We're just a couple of weeks away from a new crop of apples; growers in the Yakima Valley of eastern Washington, whose 175,000 acres of orchards produce some 10% of the nation's apples, are expecting to pick about 130 million boxes this year. All they need is a few...
Free Event in Yakima for Growers. Sept 21 on Intellectual Property Management
A free Intellectual Property Washington Summit for growers will be held Sept. 21 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Yakima, Washington. The event will feature presentations by Proprietary Variety Management, a patent attorney, a trademark attorney, an expert on product...
Washington Apple Industry Sees Rise in Organics and a New Variety
Washington state is positioned to be the leader in organic apples for 2017. Lindsey Huber, international marketing specialist with the Washington Apple Commission, based in Wenatchee, WA, said production is on the rise and may make up as much as 15 percent of total...
‘Biggest Ever Planting of a New Variety’ Coming to Washington Farmers
After 30 years, Washington state apple growers about to launch the biggest release of a new apple variety…ever. The Cosmic Crisp® will start appearing in Washington state orchards, with up to 12 million trees to be planted by 2020 and the first harvest in 2019. The...
Organic Apples and New Variety Apples Lead the Charge This Season
Washington state will likely be the leader in organic apples in 2017. Approximately 10.8 million bushels of organic apples were harvested in the 2016-17 apple season, and estimates call for 13 million bushels this year. In conjunction with growing demand for organic...
WSU WA 38 FIELD DAY
Join WSU for a fall field day discussing horticulture and tips to optimize fruit quality of WA 38, WSU’s newest breeding program release. With more than 637,224 WA 38 trees in the ground already, WSU and the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission are working hard...
Organics and Cosmic Crisp will lead Washington Apple Industry
Washington State is ready to take the market lead for organic apples for 2017. Experts say that production has grown so much that Washington may have as much as fifteen percent of the total crop volume. Growers in Washington have the benefit of climate paired with the...
THE BIGGEST NEED FOR THE PRODUCE INDUSTRY IS…
Returning recently from the Forbes AgTech Summit, the workshops made me think about innovations and how those developments will shape the future of the produce industry. Automation in the field, new hybrid electric technology for trucks, the Internet of things and...
