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Good harvests for for potatoes, apples, wheat and raspberries in 2025
MOSES LAKE – With Fall in full swing, growers around the area are either completing their harvests or are on the v…
Schweitzer announces executive promotions
PULLMAN — Electrical control manufacturer Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories announced changes to its senior executive team in a press release issued in early March.
Researchers use genetics to make precision pesticides
KENNEWICK — As researchers plumb the depths of biochemistry and genetics, they are discovering new ways to deal with the pests that plague agriculture.
USDA marketing grant applications open
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for a new round of grants designed to help local farmers market their produce.
EPA says fewer chemical releases in Pacific Northwest
OLYMPIA — Fewer toxic chemicals were released into the environment in the Pacific Northwest over the last few years, according to an announcement by the Enviro…
Columbia Basin housing market still tight
COLUMBIA BASIN — Real estate professionals seem to be pretty well agreed on what home buyers are looking for in today’s market.
Moses Lake veterinarian takes her mobile clinic where the patients are
MOSES LAKE — It’s the rare doctor these days that makes house calls. But Jesyka Morrison is one of them.
Barbosa named director of Apple Education Foundation
WENATCHEE — The Washington Apple Education Foundation has named Faviola Barbosa as the organization’s new executive director.
Accountants: New ag overtime rules require special planning
KENNEWICK — With all farm workers now entitled to overtime, farmers and farm managers need to plan for their labor needs carefully.
WSU names Zhao Endowed Chair in Bacterial Diseases of Tree Fruits
PULLMAN — Frank Zhao joined Washington State University in January as the newly established Endowed Chair in Bacterial Diseases of Tree Fruits, will study and …
Irrigators Inc. honored by Lindsay
OMAHA, Neb. — Irrigation equipment maker Lindsay has named Moses Lake’s Irrigators Inc. as one of the company’s Top 30 Zimmatic dealerships in the country.