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WSU Regents Professor elected president of global agricultural economists association
PULLMAN — As a longtime member of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Jill McCluskey …
Washington farmers plant fewer acres of spring wheat in 2022
OLYMPIA — Despite a cooler and wetter spring and early summer, farmers across Eastern Washington have planted fewer acres of spring wheat in 2022 when compared…
Fair cancels poultry showing, auctions as bird flu persists
MOSES LAKE — Even as summer — with 100-degree heat — has arrived, officials with the Washington State Department of Agriculture and the Washington Department o…
Potatoes and faith: Ag World marks 25 years, looks forward to the next 25
MOSES LAKE — The heat wave and drought made 2021 an odd year in the Columbia Basin.
Small town feel: Warden sees an influx of new homes
WARDEN — Development is coming to Warden that may put the small town of just under 2,500 on homebuyers’ radar in the days to come.
State regulators charge PacifiCorp with failure to plan
LACEY — The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, the body that regulates the state’s utilities, has filed a complaint against Oregon-based utility PacifiCorp for failing to consider the social cost o…
Ranching groups poised to fight proposed legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The passage of a pair of bills designed to improve regulation of U.S. cattle and beef markets has prompted concerns among some national and …
Rain, cost of products bring hay prices up
COLUMBIA BASIN — As costs continue to rise in the current economy, the hit can be felt throughout the market, from consumers to producers — including in the ha…
Washington company develops special shoes for people with diabetes
REDMOND — A Washington-based maker of remote sensors for health care has teamed up with a Florida-based maker of protective footwear for people with diabetes to create shoes that can monitor diabetic ulcers and hel…
Electric revolution: Basin companies at the forefront of energy change
MOSES LAKE — REC Silicon will resume production of solar-grade polysilicon at its facility in Moses Lake, according to CEO James May. May spoke during a confer…
USDA to offer shipping container assistance for agricultural export
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in late May that the Farm Service Agency is accepting applications from interested agricultural producers and