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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. …
Japanese beetles in Yakima Valley pose risk to region’s farms
GRANDVIEW — Japanese beetles may not be anywhere nearly as interesting or even as dangerous as Asian giant hornets, but they could do a lot more damage.
New law makes farmworkers eligible for overtime pay
TUMWATER — Dairy workers in Washington State will now earn overtime pay under a new state law that takes effect on July 25, with other agricultural workers eligible to start earning overtime on Jan. 1, 2022.
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.