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Over orchards and vineyards across the Northwest, European starlings are eating fruit to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. And when…
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Northwest farmers are watching several bills closely in Congress that would try to keep trade moving through ports in the event of a labor dispute.Last…
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Harvest is revving up at Washington’s apple orchards. But this year the fruit they’re picking is smaller -- and there is less of it.The scorching heat of…
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A popular gift now for Chinese New Year is a box of red apples from Washington. But Northwest shippers say a labor dispute at West Coast ports is…
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An arctic air mass has swept into the Northwest. Cold air and snow are expected from central Washington through central Oregon and even into Idaho’s…
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The Chinese government approved market access to Northwest apples Wednesday after a two-year market closure.Getting access to China is essentially a $50…
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Thousands of acres of high-value cherry and apple orchards behind the damaged Wanapum Dam are at serious risk.With Spring about to fully pop, Eastern…
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Washington’s agricultural crops in 2012 are up 6 percent from the year before. A recent USDA report say agricultural products reached nearly $10…
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We’ve all been there. You’re hungry, and you want something good to eat, but there’s no time. So you hit the vending machine for sugar or salt.A recent…
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Northwest apple growers are expecting a bumper crop this year and harvest is already beginning on some farms.But growers are excited over an apple variety…