Washington cherry farmers dealt with the heat dome in 2021, a cold snap in 2022 and a poorly timed glut of cherries from California in 2023.
NACHES, Wash. — For many farmers, 2024 brought a much better cherry season than 2023, when a disaster was declared — but that doesn’t mean it was easy to turn a profit. KING 5 visited a cherry orchard in Naches to learn about the challenges to making money on the beloved Washington export.
Kevin Knight runs Knight Orchards in Naches, which he took over from his father after picking his first cherry at age five. He went to school for
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