Fruit Notes
Fruit Notes. I'm Greg Martin with today's Fruit Grower Report.
Here are a few stories that the tree fruit industry may find helpful.
Good news for employers, the minimum wage for Washington State will stay the same in 2016 at $9.47 per hour. Washington's minimum wage applies to workers in both agriculture and non-agriculture jobs. L&I enforces the state's wage and hour laws.
Washington State University has launched a new website focused on tree fruit and targeted to the industry. This was made possible, in part, from industry support through the tree fruit endowment. In addition, they have created a new 'Fruit Matters' newsletter. You can find the new site at treefruit.wsu.edu.
Ten representatives from Chinese fruit importing companies are visiting Washington and Oregon this week to learn more about Pacific Northwest apples and pears. The Chinese market opened to all varieties of apples last spring and Todd Fryhover, president of the Washington Apple Commission, believes that China could be the third-largest market for Washington apples in the near future after Mexico and Canada.
That's today's Fruit Grower Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network of the West.
