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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. …
Grocery Guru to give keynote at horticulture conference
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — There’s no reason 95 percent of the country's lettuce should be grown in California and shipped hither and yon across the United States.
News from the world of potatoes
2021 WA-OR POTATO CONFERENCE TO GO VIRTUAL Due to the restrictions on gatherings to limit the spread of the Corona Virus, we will not be able to have our normal show at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennew…
Tree Fruit Association gathering online for 116th annual meeting
YAKIMA — The 116th annual NW Horticultural Expo and Washington State Tree Fruit Association (WSTFA) Annual Meeting is joining the long list of conferences and trade shows that have moved online this year.
Kittitas student wins apple art award
WENATCHEE — Kirstin Johnson said it wasn’t really inspiration that prompted her award winning artwork.
Farmer breathes new life into an old combine
STRATFORD — It all started when Dan Hendrickson decided to plant something other than hay this year.
Little risk in proper use of glyphosate
TRI-CITIES — If there’s one thing Allan Felsot wants people to understand, is that there’s a difference between risk and hazard. “Regulators regulate for risk,…
Researcher specializes in plant, seed diseases
MT. VERNON, Wash. — It was a fascination with land grant universities and associated cooperative extension services that brought Lindsey du Toit to the United …
PNW vegetable conference going online this year
CYBERSPACE — It’s going to be an odd conference this year for members of the Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association as they gather this November. Because it’s all going to be online. Virtual. On the Internet.
WSDA catches, loses track of Asian giant hornet
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Department of Agriculture finally caught a live one! An Asian giant hornet, that is, in early October, and they were able to tag…
100 years of building and fixing
PASCO — According to Washington State University’s Cooperative Extension services, there are 1.8 million acres of irrigated farmland in the state of Washington.