date:Dec 23, 2016
Apple production in Washington state this year was the second best its ever been. Things are looking to only go up as well, with trade to Asian markets returning to normal again after uncertainty.
In 2014, our state had its best apple crop in history, but prospects to deliver cases of apples across the ocean were dampened by a labor dispute at West Coast seaports. That dispute led to a prolonged slowdown (and eventual shutdown) in loading ships carrying thousands of agriculture and manufacture