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As drought persists, Washington seeks new water strategies
With one year after another of high temperatures and low reservoir levels, growers and experts are looking for way…
RDO formally celebrates new location
MOSES LAKE — RDO Equipment may have moved into its new location on North Frontage Road at the end of May, but Store Manager Jacob Garza said the company wanted…
Reaching for the sky: Stoke Space Technologies looks to remake rocketry in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — On roughly 23.5 acres of what used to be sagebrush-covered scrubland north of Moses Lake, engineers with Stoke Space Technologies are working to …
It’s all about the water: The importance of irrigation in the Basin
COLUMBIA BASIN — Thanks to the Columbia Basin Project, more than 700,000 acres of land are irrigated between four counties in Washington. Each year, each of th…
Ski industry on the lift
With the pandemic restricting the availability of indoor activities, many outdoor means of recreation saw an increase in popularity due to people staying safe …
Labor shortage likely to persist
SPOKANE VALLEY — If you’re having trouble finding people to fill job vacancies, Sam Wolkenhauer has some bad news for you. It’s not going to get any better. “The working-age population will shrink in the 2020s, a…
Wool power: Alpaca ranchers gather for show
MOSES LAKE, Wash. — It was, on the face of it, just another Saturday in which the sounds and smells of agriculture wafted from the Ardell Pavilion at the Grant…
Hay exports overcome transportation challenges
ELLENSBURG — For sheer value of Washington state’s farm exports, you can’t beat apples. According to figures recently published by the U.S. Department of Agri…
Fresh from the farm: Produce stands fill local niches
OTHELLO/QUINCY — Nature is said to abhor a vacuum; agriculture definitely does. Two produce stands, one in Othello and the other in Quincy, show how farmers sa…
Self-pollinating plant shows rapid loss of genetic variation
PULLMAN — Without bumble bees, a flowering plant that can self‑pollinate lost substantial genetic variation within only nine generations, an experimental study found. A group of “selfing” monkeyflower plants lost …
Idaho and Taiwan sign 2-year wheat trade agreement
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Monday signed a two-year agreement supporting Idaho wheat sales to Taiwan in a deal that officials say gives wheat pro…