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Lacewing IPM clinics scheduled for June
ROYAL CITY — The results of a three-year trial to test the use of lacewings to control orchard pests will be the s…
Water works: Columbia Basin Project making progress with Odessa Subarea
CASHMERE — The Columbia Basin Project is making gradual progress toward completion with significant accomplishments for the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Prog…
Regulation, economics and change focus at WA Horticultural Convention
KENNEWICK — The global market for American apples, pears and cherries, technology in the tree fruit industry, controlling pests, adding new varieties, profitab…
Farming technology: Vegetable Association trade show has high-tech feel
KENNEWICK — Veggies have gotten very high-tech, if the exhibitors at the 2023 Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association conference and trade show are anything to…
Feds OK natural gas pipeline expansion in Northwest over protests
PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental gro…
Basin Business Journal commodity report for Nov. 22, 2023
Commodity prices in the Basin
Washington breaks ag records in 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington saw record-breaking agricultural production last year, according to an announcement from the National Agricultural Statistics Ser…
Group14 releases third quarter review
MOSES LAKE — Group14 Technology released its third quarter review Oct. 19, which said the company ramped up construction on its incoming one million-square-foo…
'Holy grail': Enhancement process could make EVs more efficient, practical
MOSES LAKE — Americans like to drive. What Americans don’t like is the cost of filling their gas tank. In recent years, electric vehicles, powered with a recha…
USDA releases agricultural statistics for Northwest Region
OLYMPIA —The United States Department of Agriculture’s Northwest Regional Field Office released agricultural statistics for canola, corn for grain, dry edible …
Fresher fruit: Moses Lake plant turning out browning-resistant apples
MOSES LAKE — Apple production techniques turned a corner recently when Okanagan Specialty Fruits opened its new facility in Moses Lake. The new Okanagan Spe…