The Asotin County wheat growers have awarded 2023 Asotin High School graduates, Haylee Appleford and Samantha Johnson, $1,000 scholarships for their college ambitions. Haylee Appleford Appleford is the daughter of Dusty and Sunni Appleford. She grew up on her family’s wheat farm in Anatone, Wash., where they also raise some cattle. At Asotin High School, Appleford was active in volleyball, ... Read More »
From NASS There were 6.9 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington, up from 6 days reported the previous week. Western Washington had continued dry conditions. Central Washington had cool temperatures with light moisture in some areas. Winter wheat looked fair in most areas, but spring grains needed moisture. In Okanogan and Ferry counties, the wind and moisture put a damper ... Read More »
From the Capital Press Washington has moved past California to have the most expensive gasoline in the U.S., a surge coinciding with Washington’s cap-and-trade carbon fee almost doubling California’s. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »
From NASS There were 6 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington, down from 6.3 days recorded the previous week. Western Washington saw dry conditions until the weekend. Producers were busy irrigating fields. Strawberry harvest was underway for fresh and processed markets. Central Washington had a windstorm on June 13 and 14. Heavy smoke was seen from the Canadian forest fires. ... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) encourages all farmers, ranchers, and FSA program participants to take part in the Garfield and Asotin County Committee election nomination process. FSA’s county committees are a critical component of the day-to-day operations of FSA and allow grassroots input and local administration of federal farm programs. Committees are comprised of locally ... Read More »
By Xianming Chen Last week, we completed collecting the stripe rust data in our germplasm screening nurseries of winter crops and took the first time of stripe rust data of the spring crop nurseries at Mount Vernon in northwestern Washington (Skagit County). As always for this location under natural infection, wheat stripe rust was severe, up to 100% severity on ... Read More »
From NASS There were 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington, down from 7 days recorded the previous week. Western Washington received a couple of days of rain which helped promote grass growth in pastures. Central Washington had a good week of farming. Most of the first cutting of hay had been cut and baled. There was low moisture, so ... Read More »
From the Capital Press Washington’s carbon fee rose by 15% at the state’s second cap-and-trade auction, the Department of Ecology reported Wednesday, and is high enough to turn on an emergency valve to contain energy costs. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »
From NASS There were 7 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington, up from 6.8 days recorded the previous week. Western Washington saw cooler temperatures than the rest of the state, but statewide, it was a dry and warm week. The dry weather did not help topsoil or pasture conditions. Skagit County started seeing the first signs of heat stress on ... Read More »
From the Capital Press The vast majority of salmon are getting up, over, around and through the four lower Snake River dams even as legal challenges and political battles swirl around them, according to the federal agency in charge of monitoring fish health. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »
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