Page 14 - Jon Devaney News Today

Apple industry leaders are predicting a smaller-than-average crop this year due in part to an unusually frigid and stormy spring. 

The Washington State Tree Fruit Association has donated air purifiers for Yakima Valley farmworker housing to help protect workers from the spread of airborne illness.

Air purifiers have been donated for Yakima Valley farmworker housing by the Washington State Tree Fruit Association.<p>

Experts forecast a smaller-than-average Pacific Northwest cherry crop for 2022. The crop size is down in part because of the mid-April snowstorm that swept through the region during bloom.

Cherries could be more expensive in Washington this summer due to poor weather this spring.

Cherries could be more expensive in Washington this summer due to poor weather this spring.

WSTFA President Jon DeVaney says we need to do a better job of telling ags story to the non-ag communities.

WSTFA President Jon DeVaney says we need to do a better job of telling ags story to the non-ag communities.

A partnership between the Washington Tree Fruit Association, the WA department of agriculture and WSU hopes to empower farmworkers to be more effective supervisors.

A partnership between the Washington Tree Fruit Association, the WA department of agriculture and WSU hopes to empower farmworkers to be more effective supervisors.