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Little Cherry Disease hindering 2020 harvest in Washington and Oregon

Cherry growers in the Northwest are dealing with Little Cherry Disease, which has resulted in estimated losses ofbetween one and two million boxes of fruit.

June 29, 2020 01:27 PM • 
RFD-TV News Staff

As the cherry harvest continues across the Northwest, Little Cherry Disease is impacting the size of the crop.

It is devastating for growers from the Canadian border all the way to the heart of Oregon. B.J. Thurlby, president of the Northwest Cherry Growers, thinks growers have already lost more than one million boxes of fruit, perhaps closer to two million.

“We’ve got a task force working on it,” Thurlby said. “We’ve got the best people in the world—and I mean that literally—studying this and looking at this and trying to help our growers figure out a way to circumvent it and avoid it in the future. So, it’s there. It’s a challenge. It’s just one more thing in our wheelbarrow full of must-dos to get this crop down the road.”

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