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There were 5.7 days suitable for field work last week. Pasture and range conditions were reported at 29 percent very poor, 29 percent poor, 29 percent fair and 13 percent good. A low temperature of 20 degrees F was reported in the northeast region, while a high temperature of 72 degrees was reported in the southeast region. Statewide temperature differentials ranged from 9 to 3 degrees ... Read More »

From NASS There were 6.7 days suitable for field work last week. Pasture and range conditions were reported at 26 percent very poor, 33 percent poor, 30 percent fair and 11 percent good. A low temperature of 25 degrees F was reported in the northeast region, while a high temperature of 78 degrees F was reported in the southeast region. Statewide temperature differentials ranged ... Read More »

From the Capital Press Oregon and Washington’s flash droughts are receding, and La Niña is shaping up in the Pacific Ocean, causing long-range forecasts for the Northwest to turn wetter and cooler, federal climatologists reported Thursday. Some 64 percent of Washington is in a drought, down from 78 percent the week before, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Oregon’s drought ... Read More »

From NASS There were 6.5 days suitable for field work last week. Pasture and range conditions were reported at 39 percent very poor, 26 percent poor, 27 percent fair and 8 percent good. A low temperature of 30 degrees F was reported in the northeast region, while a high temperature of 97 degrees was reported in the southeast region. Statewide differentials ranged from 4 degrees below ... Read More »

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From Kansas State University Risk Management Agency (RMA) county yields used for the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) have been released. RMA splits all of its county yields between irrigated and nonirrigated yields so a combined yield is estimated for counties that have a combined (ALL) ARC-CO payment. Estimated ARC-CO payments for 2016/17 are derived from Kansas State University estimated Marketing Year Average ... Read More »

Funds available for conservation tillage, buffers and more It is time for agricultural and timber/forestry landowners to apply for funding to improve production on their working lands and provide environmental benefits. Landowners within the Greater Spokane River Watershed in Washington and Idaho can seek a portion of more than $15 million being invested by a bi-state partnership to improve practices ... Read More »

There were 6.7 days suitable for field work last week. Pasture and range conditions were reported at 40 percent very poor, 23 percent poor, 27 percent fair and 10 percent good. A low temperature of 45 degrees F was reported in the northeast region, while a high temperature of 103 degrees was reported in the southeast region. Statewide differentials ranged from 5 to 13 degrees above ... Read More »

From Country Financial Editor’s note: It’s National Farm Safety and Health Week Sept. 17-23. With a successful harvest comes full grain bins. Don’t get complacent and let your guard down. Did you know flowing grain moves like quicksand? It can take less than 20 seconds for an adult to get completely engulfed, and suffocate. “Anyone who enters a storage structure containing ... Read More »

The Washington Grain Commission (WGC) and Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG) stand with others in the agricultural industry in urging the Trump Administration not to withdraw from the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) “Our wheat is known throughout the world as being of the highest quality, a brand that allows us to compete in a marketplace with increasing emphasis ... Read More »