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Updated 4 days, 14 hours ago

Wine and demand: Production increases while worldwide consumption decreases

KENNEWICK — There’s more wine out there than there are people drinking it, according to Christian Miller, a wine...

Updated 1 week ago
Rukke named acting pipeline safety director

LACEY, Wash. — The Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission has named Scott Rukke acting director of the commission’s pipeline safety division, according to a commission press release. Rukke, w...

Updated 1 week, 6 days ago
Farmers should factor in cost, benefits of crop insurance

OKANOGAN — In a way, farming bears an uncomfortable resemblance to the casinos in Monte Carlo or Las Vegas, minus the glamor of the former and the glitz of t...

Updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Agriculture bills being considered by Washington Legislature

OLYMPIA — Several agriculture-related bills have been introduced in the 2023 session of the Washington Legislature, which started last week. Topics include f...

Updated 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Dertings named GCCA Cattlemen of the Year

EPHRATA, Wash. – Will and Nicole Derting were recognized as the 2022 Grant County Cattlemen of the Year at the Grant County Cattlemen’s Association banquet i...

Updated 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Food fight: Keeping America’s favorite vegetable a vegetable

KENNEWICK — What is a vegetable? It may sound like a silly question posed by philosophers with too much time on their hands pondering the nature of creati...

Updated 1 month ago
Field tech: New machinery makes farming more efficient and less labor-intensive

MOSES LAKE — The word to watch for in farm equipment these days is “efficiency.” “One of the biggest situations is labor,” said Tim Prickett, co-owner of ...

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
BPA chief gets presidential award

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Bonneville Power Administration announced in December that the agency’s chief administrator, Robin Furrer, is one of 18 Department of En...

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
USDA looks to beef up meat supply chain

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government will invest $9.6 million to strengthen farmers, ranchers, processors and rural businesses and diversify the country...

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Peeling the apple market

QUINCY — Washington apple growers, having survived a wild and crazy 2022, are making the turn into a new year with a market that’s looking pretty good domest...