Eastern Oregon cherry producers don’t expect a crop until 2017


ASSOCIATED PRESS: A cold November last year has set back cherry growers, who don’t expect a crop until 2017.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS: A cold November last year has set back cherry growers, who don’t expect a crop until 2017.

The reason: last November, temperatures plummeted by nearly 60 degrees in a matter of days, killing buds and trees.

Not a single cherry was harvested commercially in Milton-Freewater. Farmers also lost prunes and plums.

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