PROSSER — To get the most out of your irrigation equipment, the chemicals you put on your cr...
PROSSER — Geraldine Diverres-Naranjo minces no words when she describes her home in the Cana...
MOSES LAKE — Bob Wieldraayer is no stranger to wearing the crown of Hay King.
QUINCY — The words on Josh Paul’s shirt — “Get Bent” — say it all.
PULLMAN — The dining time of different insects impacts a plant’s defenses and nutritional qu...
Invasive Japanese beetles threaten Yakima Valley growers
GRANDVIEW (AP) — Thousands of invasive Japanese beetles have been caught in the Lower Yakima Valley this summer and pose a threat to the agricultural industry.
Gebbers Farms reaches settlement with L&I over COVID-related fines
BREWSTER — In a case likely watched in the central Washington fruit industry, Brewster-based cherry and apple grower Gebbers Farms agreed to spend nearly $2 million to improve conditions for workers in an agreeme...
USA Pears wins social media award
PORTLAND, Ore. — USA Pears has won an award for Best In-House Digital Marketing Campaign for a series of videos highlighting Pacific Northwest pear growers.
New law makes farmworkers eligible for overtime pay
TUMWATER — Dairy workers in Washington State will now earn overtime pay under a new state law that takes effect on July 25, with other agricultural workers eligible to start earning overtime on Jan. 1, 2022.
State potato commission ends marketing order
MOSES LAKE — It’s the end of an era.
WSDA awards $14 million in grants to small agribusinesses
OLYMPIA - The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has awarded more than $14 million in COVID-19 Relief and Recovery grants to 839 businesses affected by the pandemic.
Salt Lake City company buys Easterday companies’ land
KENNEWICK — A federal bankruptcy court judge approved a $209 million bid from Salt Lake City-based Farmland Reserve to purchase roughly 18,000 acres from bankrupt Easterday Farms and Easterday Ranches.
Ellensburg Rodeo coming Labor Day weekend
ELLENSBURG — The annual Ellensburg Rodeo once again will be Labor Day weekend. One of American’s Top 10 professional rodeos, organizers of this year’s events are hoping to put on an experience similar to past rod...
U.S., European legislators call for permanent end to wine tariffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the Congressional Wine Caucus, along with their counterparts in the European Parliament, have called upon the U.S. and the European Union to resolve their current trade dispute and p...
Pandemic hit region hardest in leisure, hospitality, government sectors
MOSES LAKE — While 2020 was hard on the economies of counties in central Washington, the seven-county region did better than the state as a whole percentage-wise.
