WENATCHEE — Kirstin Johnson said it wasn’t really inspiration that prompted her award winnin...
STRATFORD — It all started when Dan Hendrickson decided to plant something other than hay th...
TRI-CITIES — If there’s one thing Allan Felsot wants people to understand, is that there’s a...
MT. VERNON, Wash. — It was a fascination with land grant universities and associated coopera...
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Department of Agriculture finally caught a live one! An Asian...
PNW vegetable conference going online this year
CYBERSPACE — It’s going to be an odd conference this year for members of the Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association as they gather this November. Because it’s all going to be online. Virtual. On the Internet.
USDA announces second round of covid farm aid
Farmers who missed out on the first round of Coronavirus loss assistance are now eligible to apply for a second round of assistance under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP2).
Potato losses hurt more than just farmers, processors
It’s been a difficult year for the Washington’s potato farmers, with growers and potato processors losing an estimated $900 million in sales — both domestic and exports — and $170 million in income, according to ...
Washington water trust names new executive director
James Kraft has been named the new executive director of the Washington Water Trust.
U.S. potato sales sag but still strong
A decline in demand for U.S. potatoes internationally as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic caused total potato exports to fall almost 3 percent for the marketing year 2019-2020, according to Colorado-based market...
Wind farm sprouts on Rattlesnake Flat
The name Rattlesnake Flat evokes bleak and remote desolation — lonely cacti dotting a dusty landscape, the occasional tumbleweed lopping past a cattle skull ...
WSU study sees decline in support for plant breeding programs
A team of scientists led by Kate Evans, a Washington State University horticulture professor who leads WSU’s apple and pear breeding program, found that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending less on publ...
Potatoes USA reports record retail potato sales
While the COVID-19 pandemic depressed sales of potatoes for restaurants, retail sales — potato sales to consumers rather than to restaurants — reached record highs for the year July 2019 through June 2020, accord...
FFA future uncertain in the age of COVID
As school districts work on finalizing plans for students returning this fall, many programs such as FFA remain up in the air as to what things might look like this year.
Farmworkers protected by numerous laws
There are roughly 160,000 farmworkers in the state of Washington.
