Washington peach producers are hoping to step in to fill a void in the market caused by severe crop losses in other peach-producing states this season. South Carolina, which is the country’s second-largest peach-producing state after California, lost 80 percent of its peaches in a cold snap this spring, B.J. Thurlby, president of the Washington State Fruit Commission, reported at the commission’s May board meeting. Georgia, also a major peach producer, may have lost half its crop. Missouri lost its crop, and Michigan could be down 40 percent, he said. Thurlby said the Washington State Fruit Commission’s field representatives have […]