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After some rough years, apple market may be improving in 2026
OTHELLO — It’s been a rough few years for apple and pear growers, but 2026 looks like it could bring better news. …
‘What cherry harvest?’ Growers report drastic drop in yield
ROYAL CITY — There are short and long crops in the tree fruit business, good and bad years, and then there are those years, those harvests, the ones few growers – if any – remember fondly. The 2022 Pacific Northwes…
A journey down the Snake and Columbia
PORTLAND, Ore. — In 1976, Herschel Slavens, then nearly 80, sat down to write about his life, including the time he found himself nearly penniless and looking …
Warden hosts mounted shooter competition
WARDEN — Twenty-eight riders made their way to Warden over the weekend for the Clean Shooter Buckle Series meet, a mounted shooter match where riders use Colt …
Handling gastric ulcers in horses
Stomach ulcers are often associated with stress, but they can also be caused by a variety of factors, including diet and medications.
Telling ranching’s story one cow at a time
ELLENSBURG — Chelsea Hajny is no stranger to cattle.
Best in herd: Floyd and RaeAnn Lewis named Cattlemen of the Year
MOSES LAKE — Rancher Floyd Lewis has no doubts that cattle understand their place in the universe.
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.