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• Farmers’ hopes grow for profitable wheat harvest

  May 17, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A1 COLFAX – A wet spring has led to optimal conditions for the region’s new crop of winter wheat. And if prices hold, farmers are poised for another good year. 3

• Child labor groups upset farm rules being dropped

  April 27, 2012 in Business, Nation/World Child labor groups say they are stunned and disappointed that the Obama administration is backing off a plan to keep children from doing the most dangerous farm jobs. 13

• Landers: Farmers decisions affect hunters

  March 15, 2012 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B1 Decisions farmers are making this week will have a big impact on hunters for the next decade. Sign-ups for the Conservation Reserve Program began Monday. Producers have until April 6 … 2

• Bill would limit federal changes to dust standards

  October 27, 2011 in City on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Dust regulations for farmers aren’t going to change, the Environmental Protection Agency assured Congress recently. That’s not enough for House Republicans; they want a law. The EPA was …

• Research aims to fine-tune vast CRP lands to boost pheasants

  October 2, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 Joey McCanna is working to make CRP more friendly to pheasants. In particular, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department upland game bird specialist is seeking ways to make the vast … 3

• Latah County seeks federal disaster aid

  June 26, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Latah County has been added to a list of local Idaho governments requesting federal aid for thousands of acres of farmland swamped by adverse spring weather. County commissioners signed a …

• Persistent rain helping, hindering wheat crops

  June 18, 2011 in City on Page A1 RITZVILLE – Enough already. A soggy spring has put Eastern Washington’s wheat crop more than a week behind schedule in many areas, hampered spring seeding in others and prodded some … 10

• Farm vet career losing appeal among students

  February 13, 2011 in Business on Page E1 PROSSER, Wash. – Robert Thonney grew up on a small cattle ranch in Prosser, spending his childhood showing steers and cows at 4-H fairs. Now a first-year veterinary student at …

• Erratic winter hasn’t hurt wheat yet, farmers say

  January 30, 2011 in Business on Page B7 MOSCOW – With lower temperatures predicted for weeks to come, farmers are eyeing their soggy grounds where winter wheat lies dormant. Without snow insulating the planted crops, low temperatures could …

• Moscow farmer wants area to grow additional food crops

  August 22, 2010 in Business on Page E5 Rolling hills of golden wheat and the Palouse have become synonymous. But Moscow farmer Garrett Clevenger would like to see some of that wheat land directed toward producing food crops …

• Bed of bugs

  May 2, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C10 At first I thought I’d disturbed a nest of red ants. Instead they were ladybird beetles – often called ladybugs – swarming on my boots. I was sitting on a …

• Farmers deserve help with critters

  April 1, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B1 Running a soup kitchen for wildlife is a cost of doing business for farmers and ranchers. But the charitable feeling deteriorates when critters gang up on a place.

• Workshops focus on saving the small farm

  February 24, 2010 in Food on Page C1 Farmers Lora Lea and Rick Misterly are offering workshops at their Quillisascut Farm School of the Domestic Arts that are designed to inspire and encourage their passion: preserving small farms, …

• Rise in small farms is changing Ag Expo’s role

  February 2, 2010 in City on Page A5 Spray. Dab. Wipe, wipe. With the type of gentle cleaning normally reserved for rebuilt cars of yesteryear, Mark Prewett swiped away every grain of grit. His made the yellow paint … 2

• Aspiring farmers match up with old hands

  August 16, 2009 in Business on Page E1 RICHLAND, Iowa – He quit his job and drove his wife and their four young daughters across country, a 21st century pioneer lured to these faraway farm fields by the …

• Activists model ecologically friendly, healthy living

  July 15, 2009 in Food on Page C1 They were drawn together by their common concerns: the health of their children, cleaning upenvironmental toxins and a commitment to finding safe food for their families. And in the years …

• Savoring flavor grown around Spokane

  July 9, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Locally grown food is popular these days, with health professionals, chefs and nutritionists singing the praises of eating food that’s grown as close to the dining table as possible. There …

• New inspection rules help West Coast cherry exporters

  July 7, 2009 in City, Region Cherry growers in three West Coast states will be able to ship sweet cherries to Japan more cheaply because of a change in the country’s pest control requirements for imports …

• Traces of doubt clouding ‘organic’

  July 5, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Three years ago, U.S. Department of Agriculture employees determined that synthetic additives in organic baby formula violated federal standards and should be banned from a product carrying the … 1

• Wheat growers concerned about Iranian market

  June 18, 2009 in City on Page A3 Regional wheat farmers hope the political unrest roiling Iran won’t disrupt a business breakthrough that during the past year resulted in the first grain sales into the country in nearly …

• Spokane’s Natural Start Bakery owners harvest satisfaction

  June 17, 2009 in Food on Page C1 Spokane’s sky is hardly showing symptoms of dawn, but Alyssa Krafft and Marc Gauthier are already hard at work. At Natural Start Bakery, the day’s first batch of Morning Glory … 2

• West Side farm plows for a purpose

  April 13, 2009 in City on Page A6 TACOMA – Otis Jackson Jr. celebrated his 21st birthday by touching a horse. Jackson was a member of a Pierce County District Court crew working to satisfy a community service …

• Retaliatory tariffs hit Washington, Oregon fruit crops

  March 20, 2009 in City on Page A6 YAKIMA – Washington state apples escaped a tariff imposed by Mexico in retaliation for a halt to Mexican trucks entering the United States, but other Northwest crops weren’t so lucky. …

• Forecaster predicts spring precipitation

  February 4, 2009 in City on Page A5 Cold weather may linger in February, and this spring may deliver more snow and rain than first predicted, according to an expert forecaster who delivered a dose of short-term hope …

• Thousands of farmers expected at Spokane Ag Expo

  February 2, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane Ag Expo, one of the largest trade shows in the Inland Northwest, is drawing thousands of food growers, from those who produce wheat for export around the world to …

• Growing pangs

  October 26, 2008 in City on Page A1 SPANGLE – Wheat prices are in a free-fall. Last year’s crop was a billion-dollar boon to the region’s bottom line. This year’s harvest will fall far short of that measure …

• Early wheat optimism rings hollow

  August 31, 2008 in City on Page A1 REARDAN – Wheat farmers are becoming anxious as much of this year’s crop stands uncut in the rolling fields of Eastern Washington. The harvest is running about two weeks behind …

• Land of opportunity

  August 1, 2007 in Food on Page D1 Angie Fultz knew what she was doing wasn’t working. Pulling 80-hour weeks for Microsoft left her exhausted, with little time or energy for her two young children, her husband or …

• Climate of change

  February 7, 2007 in City on Page A1 Expert forecaster Art Douglas gave several hundred farmers a good-news-bad-news weather report with a twist. The next two years should be wet and warm enough to deliver a good wheat …

• A Grain Of Controversy Trade Contract Fights Threaten Small-Town Life In The Midwest

  July 27, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Buffalo Center, Iowa, ministers Stephany Sanborn, left, Bill Peake, center, and David Langer talk about how their congregation has been affected by the hedge-to-arrive contract disputes. Photo by Associated Press

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