Okanagan Cherries

• South Okanagan cherry harvest well underway

  It wasn’t an easy growing season for cherries, with a cold April followed by record-hot temperatures in May and some rain in June.

  Environment

  Jul 7, 2023
  
• Incoming cold snap could damage Okanagan crops

  A cold snap is on the way for the Okanagan and could damage Okanagan crops.

  Weather

  Feb 20, 2023
  
• Advertisement
• More B.C. cherries headed to South Korean market

  B.C. growers and industry partners 'cannot wait to see cherries branded with the maple leaf in stores across South Korea,' Sukpaul Bal said.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2022
• Advertisement
• Okanagan rain delaying cherry harvest, farmers say

  With the increased rain and wet weather, Okanagan cherry producers are seeing their cherry harvests delayed.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2022
• Cold weather puts Okanagan cherry farmers on alert

  The steady thrum of helicopters could be heard over a number of Okanagan cherry orchards this week, a tell-tale sign that farmers are working to mitigate the damage wrought by the recent spate of colder than normal days and nights. “The unknown is how much damage was caused,” Glen Lucas of the BC Fruit Growers...

  Environment

  Apr 19, 2022
• Okanagan fruit growers happy B.C.’s foreign worker quarantine program is ending

  Okanagan fruit growers are happy the B.C. government has lifted its temporary foreign worker quarantine program. after seeing a massive shortage of workers.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2022
• Okanagan cherries damaged by extreme temperatures during B.C. heat wave

  The consistent 40-plus degree weather recently has wilted and shrunk many of their cherries.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2021
• Okanagan cherry crops produce less this year but yield bigger fruit: producers

  While there may be fewer cherries this season, those that managed to grow are larger and juicier, B.C. producers say.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2019
• Advertisement
• Cherry quality testing smartphone app to be rolled out next year: Summerland Research Centre

  Researchers say growers could see a 10-20 per cent increase in returns due to improved quality control.

  Jul 3, 2018
• Advertisement
• Cherry season the pits for some south Okanagan growers

  Wet weather is wreaking havoc on earlier ripening cherry varieties.

  Jun 27, 2018