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Kittitas student wins apple art award
WENATCHEE — Kirstin Johnson said it wasn’t really inspiration that prompted her award winning artwork.
Farmer breathes new life into an old combine
STRATFORD — It all started when Dan Hendrickson decided to plant something other than hay this year.
Little risk in proper use of glyphosate
TRI-CITIES — If there’s one thing Allan Felsot wants people to understand, is that there’s a difference between risk and hazard. “Regulators regulate for ris...
Researcher specializes in plant, seed diseases
MT. VERNON, Wash. — It was a fascination with land grant universities and associated cooperative extension services that brought Lindsey du Toit to the Unite...
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.
WSDA catches, loses track of Asian giant hornet
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Department of Agriculture finally caught a live one! An Asian giant hornet, that is, in early October, and they were able to t...
100 years of building and fixing
PASCO — According to Washington State University’s Cooperative Extension services, there are 1.8 million acres of irrigated farmland in the state of Washington.
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 ...
Yakima wineries struggle with COVID-19 closures
The sawdust was still settling on Fortuity Cellars’ new tasting room when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.