A horticulturalist and apple breeder at the Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center has been appointed its new interim director.
Dan Wheat
Central Washington field reporter
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Agricultural companies from Washington and Oregon participated in a “Made in America” event at the White House.
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Agricultural groups are reviewing U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed rule changes for the H-2A-visa foreign agricultural guestworker program including new ways to calculate minimum wages.
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A wildfire, apparently ignited by an off-road motorcycle, burned 7,800 acres of grass and sagebrush northeast of Mattawa, Wash., on July 14. It scorched a few rows of a vineyard.
People have been picking cherries at Rick and Janet Gifford’s cherry orchard on the edge of East Wenatchee, Wash., city limits for 20 years. He thinks the orchard is about 100 years old and this may have been its last season.
Yodit Teklemarian, Seattle, picks Rainier cherries at R&J Cherries, East Wenatchee, Wash., on June 20. She said they were beautiful.
Rick Gifford, owner of R&J Cherries in East Wenatchee, Wash., looks at his Rainier cherries on June 20. After 10 days of U-pick he opened …
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An irrigation district serving farmland and residents in Kennewick and Richland, Wash., says the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is threatening its water supply. The bureau says it is working with the district to resolve issues.
The Yakima River flows through Prosser, Wash., to the top of Prosser Dam, where diversion for Kennewick Irrigation District starts.
Less than ideal spring weather contributed to a lighter California almond crop than first expected. The forecast is down from last year and down from a May preliminary forecast.