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Irrigation expenses follow a unique set of rules

COLUMBIA BASIN — When it comes to the cost of farming, irrigation – especially in the Columbia Basin – is a cost t…

Updated 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Farming technology: Vegetable Association trade show has high-tech feel

KENNEWICK — Veggies have gotten very high-tech, if the exhibitors at the 2023 Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association conference and trade show are anything to…

Updated 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Feds OK natural gas pipeline expansion in Northwest over protests

PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental gro…

Updated 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Basin Business Journal commodity report for Nov. 22, 2023

Commodity prices in the Basin

Updated 6 months ago
Washington breaks ag records in 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington saw record-breaking agricultural production last year, according to an announcement from the National Agricultural Statistics Ser…

Updated 6 months ago
Group14 releases third quarter review

MOSES LAKE — Group14 Technology released its third quarter review Oct. 19, which said the company ramped up construction on its incoming one million-square-foo…

Updated 6 months ago
'Holy grail': Enhancement process could make EVs more efficient, practical

MOSES LAKE — Americans like to drive. What Americans don’t like is the cost of filling their gas tank. In recent years, electric vehicles, powered with a recha…

Updated 6 months, 1 week ago
USDA releases agricultural statistics for Northwest Region

OLYMPIA —The United States Department of Agriculture’s Northwest Regional Field Office released agricultural statistics for canola, corn for grain, dry edible …

Updated 6 months, 1 week ago
Fresher fruit: Moses Lake plant turning out browning-resistant apples

MOSES LAKE — Apple production techniques turned a corner recently when Okanagan Specialty Fruits opened its new facility in Moses Lake. The new Okanagan Spe…

Updated 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Academic resources: CWU’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship looks to help Washington communities plan their economies

ELLENSBURG — The Central Washington University College of Business launched the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship – also known as I4IE – in 2021 us…

Updated 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Generation Z: Young workers are changing today’s workforce

MOSES LAKE — Generation Z employees are a completely different entity from other generations when it comes to the workforce. Division Executive of System A…