date:May 26, 2016
Northwest cherry growers face a number on ongoing challenges in marketing their crop, such as changing weather conditions, labor availability and competition from overlapping cherry growing regions.
National Rainier Cherry Day is July 11 each year, but warmer weather has brought the harvesting of Rainiers forward to as early as June. National Rainier Cherry Day almost celebrates the last Rainiers to ship, said James Michael, vice president of marketing for North America, for Northwest Ch