Cherry insurance can provide a financial shelter for growers when the crop is rained on. PHOTO BY GERALDINE WARNER The federal cherry crop insurance program can partially reimburse growers if returns fall short because of fruit damage, poor quality, or low prices. But the program does not provide any incentive for growers to pick poor quality fruit and take it to the packing house, says Dave Paul, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency in Spokane, Washington. The intent of the Actual Revenue History insurance program was to provide growers with meaningful revenue protection for perishable crops […]