Researchers from the University of Idaho and Washington State University helped identify and clone a gene that can stave off a common disease found in Pacific Northwest wheat and barley. Read more
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
PENDER, Neb. — Catching up with Kurt Kaser was a lot easier when he had to use a walker.
Two Pullman soil workshops aimed at educating farmers
Monday, January 06, 2020
Idaho may be famous for potatoes, but dairy and cattle remained the state’s true agricultural cash cows in 2019.
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
The University of Idaho Extension will present a seminar titled “North Idaho Agricultural Outlook” on Jan. 10 at the …
CENTRAL, S.C. — Tom Garrison wants you to know he’s a realist, not a pessimist.
Saturday, December 28, 2019
NASHUA, N.H. — A preservation effort will protect the last working farm in a New Hampshire city from development, a f…
Farmers on the Palouse are receiving national recognition for the quality of their legumes and environmentally friend…
Jodi Johnson-Maynard became a soil scientist so she didn’t have to decide between chemistry, biology and physics.
Washington ranchers now have a quicker and more cost-effective way to report cattle sales and out-of-state movement o…
Acreage devoted to grape growing in the region has trended steadily upward from year to year as the reputation of Was…
A symbol of good fortune and a happy marriage, the bright, showy peony flower is a favorite in gardens, bouquets, and…
LaGRANGE, Ind. — Farmland is expanding across Indiana, worldwide food demand is increasing and Americans are eating m…
ALICEVILLE, Ala. — Deep in west Alabama, in a part of the state where most economic activity grows up from the ground…
The University of Idaho plans to build an industry scale research dairy operation in the Magic Valley to meet the nee…
Researchers from the University of Idaho and Washington State University helped identify and clone a gene that can st…
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
MOORHEAD, Minn. — It’s been a bitter harvest for many Minnesota and North Dakota sugar beet farmers.
WENATCHEE — More of what Thoreau dubbed “the noblest of fruits” are going south this year because of a larger project…
Registration is open for the 16th annual 3 Rivers grazing conference Jan. 7 at the Williams Conference Center at Lewi…
BISMARCK, N.D. — As Roger Johnson prepares to step down after 11 years leading the National Farmers Union group, he’s…
Tuesday, December 03, 2019
MOSCOW — The Western Pulse Growers Association will hold its annual meeting Wednesday at the Best Western Plus Univer…
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
WEEDPATCH, Calif. — The girl was afraid to speak in class because of her accent.
An Integrated Pest Management Program for individuals needing Washington, Idaho and Oregon pesticide recertification …
Tuesday, November 05, 2019
GRANGEVILLE — A one-day workshop titled “Is a Small Farm in Your Future?” is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 12 a…
BEAUFORT, Mo. — Mary Jenkins, a former janitor at East Central College, enjoys the freedom of working outside and bei…
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
BOONES MILL, Va. — Technically, the orchard on Apple Road nestled in the mountains already has harvested for the year.
SPOKANE — They call it the Cosmic Crisp. It’s not a video game, a superhero or the title of a Grateful Dead song.
Tuesday, October 08, 2019
PAYSON, Utah — It’s a cool, fall afternoon, and 87-year-old Payson resident, Ron Jensen, sits at his kitchen table in…
As farmers and farmworkers work overtime to get crops out of the field and to consumers this harvest season, a state-…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A federal judge has declined to block a Missouri law that bans companies from labeling plant-ba…
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Old farm equipment — with grasses and weeds hiding the valuable purpose the machinery once served — often is left in …
Cosmic Crisp already has an out-of-this-world name, but Washington State University believes its first trademarked ap…
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Gently lifting a wooden frame containing dozens of Italian honeybees, Vince Ylitalo seemed transfi…
HUFF, N.D. — Mary Graner bent down a barbwire fence and waded into 10-foot stalks in her family’s cornfield.
It was a good harvest for Idaho farm crops this year, Idaho Wheat Commission Executive Director Blaine Jacobson said.
Researchers at Washington State University have discovered an unexpected adaptation in a plant virus that appears to …
A new spring wheat variety from Washington State University is widely available to farmers for the first time, and th…
A new raspberry variety developed at Washington State University has survived 12 years of trials and evaluations, but…
Whitman County’s wheat fields generally escape being hit by the invasive insects that typically cost Washington state…
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It could have been mistaken for a classroom.
SHEPTON MALLET, England — On the dairy farm of the future, the cows are going wireless.
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
PULLMAN — Ryan, the newest spring wheat variety from Washington State University, is winning over Northwest farmers a…
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
SPOKANE — Had China’s announcement last week to stop purchasing U.S. agricultural products been the first volley of a…
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s wild blueberry industry could be looking at another difficult summer, as the year’s total c…
Bright, flavorful, and bred for easy automated harvest, Washington State University’s new red raspberry variety, “Cas…
