Michigan apples and cherries are a 90% loss this year (early bloom followed by cold) and peaches were a 95% loss.
On the other hand, I’ve heard that apples and cherries are doing great in the pacific northwest. Not sure how the southern peach crops are doing.
It makes good sense to grow diverse crops in as many places as possible.
I just got me some Ranier cherries here in WA. I luvs me some Ranier cherries.
I bought cherries this week for 98 cents/pound and peaches for 69 cents/pound.