The Washington Apple Growers Marketing Association is looking into how the volume of Washington apples going to market might be controlled through a federal marketing order. A year ago, the association formed two committees—one in the Wenatchee district and one in the Yakima district—to discuss how to limit the volume of fruit going to market. The groups met once, and had follow-up discussions. Packers told their growers what fruit they should not bring to the warehouse when they harvested their 2005 crop, and some said they would raise their in charges to discourage growers from delivering poor or marginal fruit, […]