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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…
Better hops, better beer
PROSSER – Good hops make good beer; so, when hops improve, so does beer.
Grand Coulee Dam overhaul completed
The Bureau of Reclamation and the Bonneville Power Administration recently announced a long-running overhaul of three generators at the Grand Coulee Dam was co…
Rising and falling: Analyst looks at shifts in the global landscape
YAKIMA — Peter Zeihan has three things he wants farmers to know: The era of globalization is over, the People’s Republic of China is doomed, and Mexico is the …
Northwest Hay Expo coming to Kennewick
MOSES LAKE — The Washington State Hay Growers Association has scheduled its annual conference, the Northwest Hay Expo, for Jan. 19-20, 2022, at the Three River…
Developing robotic arms: More and more farm labor will be done by machines, speaker says
YAKIMA — Author Peter Zeihan has a message for Washington’s apple, pear and cherry growers.
Cover crops the subject of WSU research project
MOSES LAKE — Winter is coming, and another growing season is done.
Wenatchee art teacher awarded Apple Blossom commission
WENATCHEE — For Cyndi Noyd, one of the joys of being commissioned to paint the official poster art for the 2022 Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival was the opport…
USDA awards potato research grants
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded $2.6 million in potato breeding research grants to four researchers across the U.S., including $…
Yakama Nation announces deal to buy Inaba Produce Farms
YAKAMA NATION — The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation have reached an agreement to buy the 1,500-acre Inaba Produce Farms, which is wholly located within the Yakima Reservation.
McGregor Company acquires Pendleton Grain Growers
COLFAX — The McGregor Company announced it acquired seed retailer Pendleton Grain Growers in late July.