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The WSTFAs Annual Meeting and NW Hort Expo is coming up in Yakima, December 6, 7, 8 ... and event chair Jordan Matson breaks it down.

As harvest draws to a close, Washington apple estimates have dropped a bit for the 2021 season.

As harvest draws to a close, Washington apple estimates have dropped a bit for the 2021 season.

Something is off with Andrew Byers’ apples.

Washington State Tree Fruit Association president Jon DeVaney talks to us about this years apple estimates that were hampered some by extreme heat and drought.

Washington State Tree Fruit Association president Jon DeVaney talks to us about this years apple estimates that were hampered some by extreme heat and drought.

Washington farmworkers must be provided with smoke-filtering masks when air quality reaches the threshold that federal regulators consider "unhealthy" for the public, the state Department of Labor and Industries says. The emergency rule went into effect July 16, though L&I investigators wont begin enforcing it until July 23, department spokeswoman Dina Lorraine said. L&I pulled back from an earlier proposal to enforce a mask rule at an air-quality level the Environmental Protection Agency consi...

The second round of cherry estimates are in and things are looking pretty good with harvest set to begin June 1st.

Washington State Tree Fruit Association president Jon DeVaney tells us what the CDCs mask and social distancing changes could mean for vaccinated workers.

Harvest & COVID Changes Pt 1 Monday May 24th, 2021 With today’s Fruit Grower Report, I’m Bob Larson. Since the CDC announced that anyone who is fully vaccinated doesn’t have to wear a mask or practice social distancing, many businesses, including agriculture began expecting, or at least looking for, changes in COVID restrictions. Washington State Tree Fruit Association president, Jon DeVaney says we’re waiting… DeVANEY … “It has been frustrating to say, well congratulat...