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In search of the perfect apple
Twenty years ago consumers found few choices of apples in supermarket produce sections -- often there were just Red and Golden Delicious, Granny Smith or Gala and McIntosh.
Now a dozen or more varieties of apples line the produce section of most grocery stores.
Adding more varieties has been a m ...
Columbia Basin battles first-cutting rain
WARDEN, Wash. -- For a while it looked like Columbia Basin growers might actually get first-cutting alfalfa put up this year without rain. But the rain came the night of May 20 and lingered for several days, shutting down harvest for about a week.
Growers around Pasco got about half their crop ba ...
Frost prompts replanting of many sugar beet fields
Talk of rivaling last year's Idaho record 35.5-tons-per-acre average sugar beet yield ended with mid-April killing frost, but the state's growers are pleased by the progress of their replants, facilitated by better May weather.
According to Amalgamated Sugar Co.'s recent estimates, a string of te ...
Senate votes to cut crop insurance aid for wealthy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Thursday voted to limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop insurance. The vote was one small victory this week for critics of a massive, five-year farm bill that would cost almost $100 billion a year and incl ...Combining wheat classes can save companies dough, consultant says
The Washington Grain Commission hopes to show overseas customers they can save money and improve bread volume by combining flours from different classes of wheat.
Moscow, Idaho, consultant Art Bettge is showing companies the financial benefits of pairing lower-cost soft white wheat, priced at rou ...
Farmers, insurers concerned over crop insurance premiums
A vote in the U.S. Senate on Thursday to reduce the federal crop insurance premium subsidy for large producers is concerning to grower groups and crop insurers. In its farm bill debate, the Senate voted 59-33 to reduce the government's share of crop insurance premiums to growers with an average ...New Washington ag director seeks farmer input
SPOKANE, Wash. -- As a farmer, the new Washington State Department of Agriculture director has experienced his own frustrations with government.
"I know what it's like to be enforced upon by a federal agency that really doesn't give a damn about how it affects you -- they just do it because they ...