NW U.S., and B.C. Should be Excellent for Cherry Hauling

NW U.S., and B.C. Should be Excellent for Cherry Hauling

DSCN2829+1The Northwest United States, including British Columbia, is shaping up to be an excellent season for produce haulers to haul cherries.

With a very early start expected for Northwest cherry shipments, the prognosticators expects to ship 20.7 million 20-pound boxes this season.  Initial cherry shipments from the Northwest should get underway between May 23 and May 25.  A total of 200,000 boxes could be shipped in May alone.

If this estimate holds, Northwest cherry loadings would be  7 percent above last year’s 19.3 million boxes, but short of the record 23.2 million boxes shipped in 2014.  Rainier cherry shipments in 2016 are expected to total 1.7 million 15-pound boxes, about the same as last year.
The total Northwest cherry industry has the potential to ship 11 million boxes in June and another 9 million in July.   Good volume cherry shipments are expected to start in early June, with significant cherry volume by the week of June 15th.  Peak cherry shipments are expected between the middle of June and continue through the middle of July.
Yakima Valley apple shipments – grossing about $6000 to New York City.

B.C. Cherry Shipments

British Columbia cherry shipments will start in early June.  Record shipments are predicted this season with 12 million pounds being estimated.  This volume would be up from the 10.5 million pounds in 2015.   Most British Columbia cherry shipments are destined for markets in Western Canada and the United States.

California Cherry Shipments

California cherry shipments are  now in full throttle from the San Joaquin Valley.  A good, but not record crop is now being shipped and will continue for another couple of weeks.

San Joaquin Valley produce  shipments- grossing about $4400 to Chicago.

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