PULLMAN — Washington State University researchers have developed a way to assess soil health by measuring the electric current produced by its tiniest microbes. Read more
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Saturday, October 02, 2021
Washington State University will lead a consortium of institutions in the development of new artificial intelligence …
Scientists at Washington State University are working to introduce a better, more sustainable mulch and weed blocker …
A devastating fire in 2013 marked the beginning of a eight-year-long struggle for Columbia Grain to reestablish its p…
Every summer and fall, winemakers visit the vineyards where fruit is ripening and walk through rows of vines with growers.
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Growers are excited about a new variety of hard red spring wheat that developers call “a complete package” of a high-…
A Washington State University team is using drones and what one researcher calls a technical “game changer” to better…
In an effort to fight pandemic-induced boredom, more people turned to gardening last year, a trend local experts anti…
Yellow starthistle is a prevalent invasive species in Nez Perce County, and it’s almost time for property owners to o…
An alternative to canning food is a focus of a Washington State University professor who recently was elected to the …
The first full-fledged study into grazing as a wildland fire prevention tool is showing promising preliminary results…
Wednesday, February 03, 2021
BOISE — Idaho farmers and ranchers earned record profits last year, despite disruptions related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, January 29, 2021
NEZPERCE — Nezperce farmer Nathan Riggers was awarded the David Mosman Hall of Fame award for his leadership in the g…
Scott Leibsle, who has worked as the Idaho deputy state veterinarian since 2011, has been named to the lead spot foll…
YAKIMA— The state Department of Labor & Industries has issued a $150,000 fine to a Yakima Valley fruit grower and…
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Local farmers are viewing the new Biden administration with a wary eye but hoping to have a place at the table as law…
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Wine grape growers in the Lewis-Clark Valley American Viticultural Area expect 2020’s harvest to age well, providing …
Washington State University’s four-story, 82,400-square-foot Plant Sciences Building completed this fall in Pullman p…
A University of Idaho barley agronomist plans to survey barley growers’ challenges throughout the state and use that …
Science and a little luck with the weather helped an eastern Washington farmer become the Washington state winner in …
Even with warnings of the potential for a sharp rise in cases of COVID-19 through the winter and coming spring, Idaho…
Tuesday, December 01, 2020
The wet spring offered only a tiny window for planting, so when North Dakota farmer Paul Ivesdal fell ill with the co…
An online seminar for attendees to gain pesticide recertification credits will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 8.
Tuesday, November 03, 2020
IOLA, Wis. — They wrote it right into their business plan — an expectation that, each year, at least half the stock o…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In a clearing near the crest of Missionary Ridge, overlooking a striking vista of Chattanooga be…
Mount Vernon, Wash. — Improving the flavor of barley used to make whiskey and finding new varieties for farmers to gr…
Tuesday, October 06, 2020
KALISPELL, Mont. — When the height of the coronavirus pandemic first took hold last spring, forcing a nationwide shut…
Rhode Island on guard against invasive, damaging lanternfly
Twelve webinars on pesticide safety education will be presented via Zoom by the University of Idaho Extension service…
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
PORTLAND, Maine — A late spring frost, a devastating drought and labor troubles wrought by the coronavirus pandemic c…
SEBEKA, Minn. — It’s hard to see how anyone could coax anything green from this sandy patch of Minnesota soil. But Ka…
FARMINGTON, N.M. — A Navajo Nation judge is halting operations at nine hemp farms in northwestern New Mexico as part …
Tuesday, September 08, 2020
HEALDSBURG, Calif. — With an early harvest already underway, a wildfire a few miles west of John Bucher’s ranch added…
PORTLAND, Maine — For New England’s vanishing commercial clam harvesters, the coronavirus pandemic represents only th…
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
SPEARFISH, S.D. — While his cows munch merrily on the fulsome foliage within the Black Hills National Forest, local r…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has formed a new team to help beginning farmers and ranchers.
SPOKANE — This year’s Washington apple crop is expected to be slightly larger than the 2019 crop.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
FREDERICK, Md. — For Natasha Bowens Blair, farming isn’t just a job. It’s an act of resistance.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
KINGSTON, Wash. — On a visit to Tania Issa’s farm, you won’t find any pink-skinned pigs reared to produce the lean “o…
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Meg Moynihan knows what it’s like to struggle.
Tuesday, June 02, 2020
DES MOINES, Iowa — Meatpacking plants that had to briefly close because of coronavirus outbreaks have been back up an…
MULTAN, Pakistan — An invasion of locusts has spread across Pakistan, officials said Friday, causing damage to crops …
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
OROFINO — The University of Idaho Extension office is offering three workshops beginning in June for landowners and l…
TWIN FALLS — On a typical day in May, Don Scarrow gets a handful of calls from customers looking to have a pig or cow…
Tuesday, May 05, 2020
SPOKANE — Whitney Jacques did not grow up on a farm, but when she was little, her father built her a garden bed becau…
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BRUNSWICK, Maine — Maine’s independent senator urged the U.S.Department of Agriculture to support his state’s blueber…
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming issued its first hemp processing and producing license, the state Department of Agriculture said.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Potato farmers in a Washington county suffered big losses after they were unable to harvest som…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A major food corporation has selected Kansas wheat as the best in the nation for a three-year pilo…
MINNEAPOLIS — Apartment developers in the Twin Cities are accustomed to ginning up out-of-the-box amenities aimed at …
