SEATTLE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – M. SHARON BAKER – WSU and the state’s orchard industry are setting all sorts of records in getting the promising Cosmic Crisp variety to market. Washington state is widely known as one of the best places … Continued
THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW – JIM CAMDEN – ILWACO, Wash. – Sloshing deliberately through water up to her knees, Guillermina Hernandez used one hand to swish floating cranberries away from the edge of the acre-and-a-half bog as she pulled the clearing boom … Continued
KIMA TV – GUSTAVO OLGUIN – SUNNYSIDE, Wash.- Governor Jay Inslee was at the just finished ROZA Wasteway Reservoir today to recognize years of planning finally coming to fruition. “The world needs the best apples and the best hops in … Continued
THE DAILY NEWS ONLINE – JACKSON HOGAN State study furthers debate over Willapa Bay pesticide use Public hearings scheduled for October The long, contentious debate over using a controversial pesticide to control pests threatening Willapa Bay’s multimillion dollar oyster industry … Continued
THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW – JIM CAMDEN – Washington wheat farmers are among those urging the Trump administration to keep a trade treaty with South Korea, which is one of the top markets for their product. Along with other farm groups, … Continued
THE CHRONICLE – JORDAN NAILON – EAST LEWIS COUNTY: Charley Burton Changed Local Christmas Tree Market; Now, His Family Will Celebrate What Would Have Been His 100th Birthday – Charley Burton was a man who spent his life working toward … Continued
CAPITAL PRESS – DON JENKINS – A meeting in March between the Washington Farm Bureau and the Environmental Protection Agency has been thrust into the limelight. The head of the Washington Farm Bureau said Tuesday that he left a March meeting … Continued
WASHINGTON AG NETWORK – GLENN VAAGEN – The 2017 Washington State University Onion Field Day will take place Thursday at Weyns (wines) Farm outside of Othello. WSU’s Tim Waters told the Washington Ag Network this annual event is a great … Continued
NPR – KRISTOFOR HUSTED On Aug. 21, a 70-mile-wide ribbon from Oregon to South Carolina called the “path of totality” will experience a total solar eclipse. Large swaths of farmland in the Great Plains and Midwest will be plunged into … Continued
THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW – PIA HALLENBERG – SPOKANE Beth Robinette walked in among her cattle, leaned forward and mooed. A low, guttural “How are you all doing this morning?” kind of moo. All around her, black cows lifted their heads and, … Continued