coronavirus pandemic.“If supplies fall, which it apparently is going to because that’s what growers have indicated, then the prices will go up,” said Glen Lucas, general manager of the B.C.
Fruit Growers’ Association (BCFGA).”It’s supply and demand.” Okanagan cherry crops produce less this year but yield bigger fruit: producers According to a recent survey conducted by the BCFGA, more than 67 per cent of Okanagan tree fruit growers said they have reduced fruit production as a result of uncertainties and risks created by COVID-19.“A part of that is labour availability and just all the headaches of making sure that there’s enough labour,” Lucas told Global News.The survey indicated that 87 per cent of farmers were concerned about not having.