Downward revision for the production of Northwestern cherries

Cherry growers in the Northwest (states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah) have made a new estimate of the 2022 harvest and now forecast a total of 13.6 million boxes, or 136,800 tons:

 

  -state of Washington: 104,500 tons,

 

- State of Oregon: 29,200 tons,

 

-state of Idaho: 2,000 tons,

 

- state of Montana: 800 tons,

 

-State of Utah: 300 tons.

 

 

 

Unfavorable weather conditions, with a snowstorm in mid-April at the time of flowering, seriously affected production.

 

 

 

The volume forecast for this 2022 harvest shows a variation of -33% compared to the previous year and around -35% compared to the average volume of the last 5 years. We have to go back to 2008 for an estimate of the harvest below 14 million boxes.