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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 …
Othello Rodeo comes back in mid-September
OTHELLO — After its cancelation last year, the Othello Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Rodeo will return this year. As usual, there will be a rod…
2021 Aggie of the Year has farming in her blood
MT. VERNON — Juliana LeClare knows that farming is in her blood.
Pandemic hit region hardest in leisure, hospitality, government sectors
MOSES LAKE — While 2020 was hard on the economies of counties in central Washington, the seven-county region did better than the state as a whole percentage-wise.
Making the desert bloom: Kooy Irrigation helps keep water flowing
QUINCY — It all started out as something of a hobby.
Potato news: Japanese tariffs down; Potato U announced
JAPAN - Frozen fries will now be able to enter Japan tariff free. Japan announced at the beginning of April that it was eliminating the 2.1% tariff on frozen fries from the US, as part of the US-Japan Trade Agreeme…
Senate confirms USDA deputy secretary; Vilsack names undersecretaries
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a sign the new leadership of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking shape, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack congratulated Jewel Bronaugh following her confirmation as deputy USDA s…
WSU grant expands access to hands‑on science experiences
PULLMAN — A new grant at Washington State University will allow undergraduate students from WSU, Eastern Washington University, Lewis-Clark State College, and Gonzaga University to get real-world agricultural resea…
New L&I group to focus on safety of farmworkers
TUMWATER — The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries, L&I, says it is taking a major step to help farmworkers be safe on the job.
Newhouse bill seeks to allow postal service alcohol deliveries
WASHINGTON, D.C. — If Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Yakima, has his way, one of the last remaining vestiges of the Prohibition Era could soon be repealed.
Agriculture department fights gypsy moths in Cowlitz County
SILVER LAKE - The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has begun treatments for the eradication of gypsy moth in the Silver Lake area of Cowlitz C…