Every legislative session provides opportunity for making progress on key issues for the tree fruit industry. Each session also provides ample opportunity for setbacks from powerful special interest groups. One vote in a House committee or on the floor of the Senate can end up costing producers millions of dollars in a passage of a bill that adds costly regulations, increases labor costs, or eliminates a valuable crop-protection material that reduces fruit quality. These are the types of issues we confront every year in Olympia. With razor-thin profit margins for tree fruit producers, every issue takes on greater urgency. Challenges […]