Todd Fryhover

Having just returned from Colombia, Washington's largest South American apple market, I realized I was witnessing the deterioration of a

I would like to point out the labor-intensive methodology of harvest, to storage, to packing. The first packer asks the

Monday Visit – We arrived in Yantai in the early afternoon on Monday and proceeded approximately 120km to a modern

Mid September, I had the opportunity to travel to China on the Washington State Governor’s Mission. Prior to the mission,

Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire is taking a group of agriculture representatives on a trade mission to Asia this week

Recent travels to Chicago to attend the USApple Outlook conference have provided optimistic insights into the export opportunity, or more accurately 'competition', for Washington apples this season. Presenters from several countries provided apple estimates allowing for a global outlook on supplies:

When ‘we’ look at the Washington Apple Commission's Export Program, our focus is drawn to internal growth (overall crop volume)

Approximately one third of Washington’s apples is exported to 60 markets, and in the last five years, Red Delicious accounted

Entering into the Memorial Day holiday, with cherry season imminent, industry takes a break to enjoy what could be the