National Ag News

USDA is expecting consumers to have ample supplies of fresh
sweet cherries this year while tart cherry production is reduced.

Lance Honig with the National Agricultural Statistics Service says good spring conditions have been good for Washington’s sweet cherries, which grow about two-thirds of the nation’s crop. “It’s a fairly normal sized production so there certainly should be plenty of sweet cherries to go around this year.”      

For the nation’s largest tart cherry producer, Michigan, Honig says it’s a different story.

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