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Washington
With large PNW fruit crops forecast, enough pickers the big worry
Large crops and labor are on the minds of many in the Washington tree fruit industry.
Good bud set, a warm spring without major freezes, good pollination and increasing production from newer plantings fuel anticipation of large cherry, pear and apple crops.
A near record 20.3-million-box Pacific N ...
EPA urges common sense for spill plan
RITZVILLE, Wash. -- The Environmental Protection Agency is advising farmers to use common sense when considering whether their farm meets requirements for a fuel spill prevention plan.
"If you lost the entire contents of any single tank, where would it go?" said EPA on-scene coordinator Greg Weig ...
Washington state advising 25 cities about dwindling water
ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP) -- A study of dwindling water supplies in 25 Eastern Washington communities shows that some of their municipal wells could go dry as soon as a decade. State officials say the problem is not an immediate crisis but a looming one. They are working to better educate th ...Growers prepare for possible record PNW cherry crop
RICHLAND, Wash. — The Pacific Northwest is staring at a possible 20.3-million-box cherry crop. The last time it had a crop in that range — the record 20.4 million boxes in 2009 — the train came off the tracks. About 18 million boxes of that was compressed into 45 days in 2009, clo ...New ARS research position in tug-of-war
SALEM -- President Obama has proposed adding a scientist to the Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research, igniting a controversy over where the researcher should be based.
Washington blueberry growers want the scientist in Mt. Vernon, Wash. The area is home to sizable blueberry production, but ...
Hastings skeptical of proposed plants listings
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list as threatened under the Endangered Species Act two plants on and near Washington state's Hanford National Monument. A listing may restrict irrigated farming, recreational hiking, vehicle use and ultimately block the public from thousands ...PNW hay stocks high as first cutting starts
The amount of hay, sold and unsold, stored on farms is down 34 percent from a year ago in Washington, up 150 percent in Idaho and about even in Oregon, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. The combined May 1 old crop stock of the three states is 1.21 million tons, which is ...