Washington’s wheat crop was the best in a decade, a 147.8 million- bushel harvest that will help feed tens of millions of people in Asia and Africa. ALMOTA – Wheat farmers across the Inland Northwest ...
OAKESDALE, Wash. – Dick Schu’s weathered hands grip the controls of his combine, his left on the wheel and his right clutching the gearshift as he slowly descends a hill on his Whitman County farmland ...
PULLMAN — Wheat growers in the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho are pondering ways to take advantage of the best prices in a decade for their crops. After hovering around the $3.50-per-bushel ...
GARFIELD, Whitman County — This Palouse hill town has had two big exports in recent decades: the wheat harvested from some of the most productive grain lands in the world, and young people who — ...
Times are good for wheat farmers, but they should resist the urge to harvest their crop residue and sell it for ethanol production, a federal researcher says. Leaving wheat residue on the ground helps ...
It's harvest time on the Palouse, and North Idaho wheat farmer Wayne Jensen has invited me into the air-conditioned cab of his massive combine. A color-coded computer screen shows us exactly how many ...
The Palouse has inspired countless artists with its iconic vistas of grain-covered hills, yellow-gold and green against an azure blue sky and dotted with farmsteads. When clouds roll through and the ...
Washington-based sustainable packaging trailblazer Palouse Fiber Packaging unveils wheat solutions and R&D partnership program ahead of polystyrene foam bans POMEROY ...
Researchers have found the stripe rust fungus in research fields on the Palouse. (Courtesy Xianming Chen/USDA Agricultural Research Service) Researchers have found the stripe rust fungus in research ...
“They get in these riparian corridors and find themselves in the middle of wheat country and there’s no competition, no other ...
There is no place in the world quite like the Palouse. Not a single place. Anywhere. If you were to venture to the top of Steptoe Butte, a 3,612 foot tall island in the heart of Whitman County, and ...