(Richland, WA) -- This year's Pacific Northwest sweet cherry crop has a chance at setting a record. The current forecast is for 22-point-seven-million, 20-pound boxes, but some growers are saying the haul could easily surpass the 23-point-two-million-box record set in 2014. The 2016 crop came in at just under 21-million boxes. Producers say the first cherries of the season will likely be picked in early June.