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Spokane Seed provides product, knowledge backed by a century
Evolution is a thing in business as well as biology. Spokane Seed has been around for more than a century, and it …
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 creation…
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 Ra…
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 Ener…
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’s…
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 domestic…
Tater talk: Potato conference equips growers
PORTLAND, Oregon — Howard Goldstein is on a mission on behalf of potatoes. “Unlike the consumer, who absolutely loves potatoes, and nothing’s going to stop …
Final flight: Last ‘Queen of the skies’ touches down in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — The last 747 touched down briefly at the Grant County International Airport Jan. 10 as part of its final check before being delivered to its new o…
North Cascades Bank VP graduates executive development program
CHELAN — Jennifer Puckett, vice president and loan operations manager at North Cascades Bank, recently graduated from the Washington Bankers Association’s Exec…
‘Mother Nature was not kind’: Bad weather reduces 2022 Washington apple harvest
QUINCY — Weather that was too hot, then too cold and stormy, contributed to making the 2022 apple crop one of the smallest in the last 15 years. “Our Dec. 1…
Growing feed: Focus will be on markets and production costs at NW Hay Expo
KENNEWICK — Combating disease, the state of the fertilizer market and managing inflation will be among the topics at the Northwest Hay Expo, scheduled for Jan.…