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Mysterious illness takes down many dogs across Northwest and nation, labs don’t know what it is yet.
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In a world of calamity and climate change, just don’t mess with my fries! A hundred Northwest farmers and scientists stood in a Quincy-area field recently to make sure the golden goodness lives on despite future restrictions on pesticides, diminished ag lands, limits on water and a changing climate.
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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?
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The massive Northwest wine beast – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates – is dropping major fruit.
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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.
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It’s peak cherry season in the Northwest. The fruits are typically grown outdoors in an orchard. This business in southeast Washington is doing things a little differently.
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Across the Northwest crops are late. Cool spring weather has held back asparagus, potatoes and alfalfa. Even tree fruit blooms were late to flush open. Then, record-warm weather hit.
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Northwest rancher Cody Easterday recently turned himself in to a minimum security prison camp at Lompoc just south of Santa Maria, California. Easterday carried out one of the largest cattle swindles in U.S. history, from near Pasco, in Washington state.
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Northwest apples will be fewer, smaller and more expensive this year. Blame a cold spring, a challenging growing season. Farmers say they’re struggling under that darn inflation of everything.
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The company that makes Aplets and Cotlets, the famous jellied fruit candy from central Washington, is calling it quits this June. Served up for Christmas…