Category: Pacific Northwest
Farm labor advocacy groups WAFLA, Washington Growers League unite
The deal brings together four decades of experience in ag labor and policy advocacy. See what’s changing and how growers can engage.
Owyhee’s Idaho-Oregon onion, asparagus legacy
Owyhee Produce is a longtime Idaho grower. Read about the third generation grower’s legacy of growing onions and other vegetables.
Idaho Gold: Soil health big focus of women-owned sweet corn seed grower
Discover how Chris Gross Farms uses soil health practices like cover crops and rotation to boost sweet corn seed production in Idaho.
Charcoal rot emerges in California processing tomatoes
The most recent UCCE Kern County vegetable crop update, a hot summer has led to the charcoal rot in some processing tomato fields.
WSU Extension Onion Field Day scheduled
The 2024 WSU Extension Onion Field Day is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, at Hartley Farms in the Horse Heaven Hills.
Irrigation tech field day set planned by WSU
Washington State University (WSU) and the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission are scheduling an irrigation field day to show growers the latest in irrigation technological advances.
Piece rate recordkeeping webinar scheduled by Washington growers groups
Two Washington growers organizations are collaborating to help the state’s growers deal with piece rate recordkeeping.
Georgia, FieldWatch work together on pesticide safety
Georgia is partnering with a nonprofit mapping operation to promote safe pesticide handling.
Researcher study conditions triggering weed emergence
University of Idaho researchers are using newly acquired equipment to study when temperatures are ideal to kick off the growing cycle of different weeds.
Conservation district grants focus on community
The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) announced the 2024 recipients of the Friends of NACD District Grants Program during NACD’s Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Washington State water project expands grower options
A unique five-year study in Washington’s Columbia River Basin, which has some of the most intensively irrigated land in the U.S., is looking at how to make the most of the available water.
Online, in-person events focus on soil health
Washington State University will co-host a series of events across the state in February to advance soil health practices and knowledge. SoilCon, now in its fourth year, is a free resource for agricultural professionals to learn science-based soil health information.
National Onion Association taps new president
National Onion Association Jared Gutierrez NOA leadership management
Broccoli, pepper earn All-American Selection status
North America’s most well-known and respected non-profit plant trialing organization, All-America Selections (AAS), has three new vegetable winners that will be available for 2024.
Pacific Northwest sales manager named by Sym-Agro
Sym-Agro Mark Gibbs winegrapes berries tree fruit hazelnuts personnel
Sym-Agro names Pacific Northwest sales manager
Sym-Agro has hired Mark Gibbs as Pacific Northwest sales manager for western Oregon and Washington, focusing on winegrapes, berries, tree fruit and hazelnuts.
Crookham onion variety fares well in challenging northwest season
Crookham onion Defender Crookham Co. varieties onion breeding
Crookham plans Onion Reveal 2023
Crookham Onion Reveal onion varieties onion breeding
Queen banking could aid beekeepers
Washington State University Indoor queen banking study