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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…
Darigold to build 400,000-square-foot facility in Pasco
PASCO — Seattle-based milk and dairy processor Darigold has agreed to build a $500 million butter and protein powder processing facility at the Port of Pasco.
State potato commission ends marketing order
MOSES LAKE — It’s the end of an era.
Quincy system will reuse lots and lots of water
QUINCY — It’s a system that can best be described with superlatives.
WSDA awards $14 million in grants to small agribusinesses
OLYMPIA - The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has awarded more than $14 million in COVID-19 Relief and Recovery grants to 839 businesses affected by the pandemic.
Salt Lake City company buys Easterday companies’ land
KENNEWICK — A federal bankruptcy court judge approved a $209 million bid from Salt Lake City-based Farmland Reserve to purchase roughly 18,000 acres from bankrupt Easterday Farms and Easterday Ranches.
Drew Lyon named new WSU Crop and Soil Sciences chair
PULLMAN — Solving problems and helping people is what led Drew Lyon into his career. This Washington State University weed scientist also loves figuring out ho…
Focusing on the region: McGregor aims to help Basin farmers make the most of their land
COLFAX — There’s a very definite trend you can see as you go east across the Columbia Basin.
Historic Pendleton Round-Up returns in September
Pendleton Round-Up organizers gear up to return this September to northeast Oregon, after missing out on the event last year for just the third time since 1910.
Jamie Jess: Star-Spangled rodeo mom
Every professional rodeo starts with the Star Spangled Banner – not just the anthem – but a horse and rider waving it proudly across the stadium grounds.
Ellensburg Rodeo coming Labor Day weekend
ELLENSBURG — The annual Ellensburg Rodeo once again will be Labor Day weekend. One of American’s Top 10 professional rodeos, organizers of this year’s events are hoping to put on an experience similar to past rodeo…