The 2012 Northwest cherry season was a challenging one, but growers need to focus on next season and not worry about the things they can’t control, B.J. Thurlby, president of Northwest Cherry Growers, said during the annual Cherry Institute meeting in January. Last season, the industry shipped almost 23 million boxes—the largest volume ever. In July, daily shipments averaged a record 430,000 boxes. California shipped 8.5 million 18-pound boxes (the equivalent of 7.7 million 20-pound boxes), which brought the total fresh cherry crop for the West Coast to more than 30 million boxes, Thurlby reported. Thurlby described it as one […]