farmers

Cherry season is upon us as the summer weather warms up east of the Cascades.

It’s hot! It even hit about 110 degrees in the Columbia Basin this week. So how do dairy cows, with no air conditioning, stay cool?

Light wheat is a problem this summer harvest in the Northwest. Farmers say the plants are stressed by heat and little rain. A fresh U.S. Department of Agriculture report says winter wheat crops in the Northwest are forecast to be down this year.

Jordan Dyck grows a lot of produce on his three-acre farm in North Idaho.“We got a lot of lettuce crops, tomatoes,” Dyck sayd. “A lot of root crops. Fair…

It’s springtime in the Northwest: birds sing, emerald shoots are pushing up from the earth and the irrigation sprinklers tick, tick like clocks — same as…

There’s a lot of time to think while sitting behind the wheel of a combine. Right now, Northwest wheat farmers are wrapping up their harvest in many…