carrots

BASF Nunhems has unveiled a carrot seed that could reshape farming practices, giving growers a powerful tool against pesky nematodes while keeping our carrots top-notch.

According to NASS, the Washington Asparagus crop value came in at $13.5 million, a drop of 8% from 2021.  Washington accounted for 28% of the national crop in 2022.   The value of Oregon Snap beans totaled $15.4 million, down 24% year-over-year.  Oregon accou...

Northwest vegetable production was mixed last year, according to NASS. Idaho onions were valued at $64.0 million last year, up 11% from 2020. Oregon onions had a total value of $115 million, down 5% year-over-year. Washington onions were valued at $101 million, down 28% from 2020 ...

Dr. Tim Waters with Washington State University-Extension is warning row crop growers to be on the lookout for Yellow Nutsedge this season. He noted they’ve already seen a lot of this difficult weed across the Columbia Basin. “One of the places in the rotation where you can do a better job of controlling it is in corn.  So as gro ...

Researchers at Oregon State University are working to identify alternatives to chlorpyrifos that will work on a variety of commodities. To do that, research has put together a survey to help identify critical issues surrounding Chlorpyrifos, which has been used in Oregon since the mid-1960s, but is on its way out ...

Vegetable production across the Northwest was a mixed bag last year. According to NASS, onion production in Idaho were valued at $68.3 million, up 4% from 2019. Oregon onions had a total value of utilized production of $119 million, up 9% year over year ...

Despite cold temperatures and a light drizzle, Tuesday was a busy day in Toppenish.  The Washington state Beef Commission and 2nd Harvest teamed up to offer Mobile Markets to provide beef as well as other fresh food to some of the lower Yakima Valley’s most vulnerable.  Agri Bee...

The Agricultural Research Services Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of the Year is working on projects that may be in your grocery stores.   “We've developed with Monterrey Mushrooms a process to treat mushrooms with UV light whereby they produce vitamin D. So now yo...

NASS is out with its vegetable crop production estimates for 2018.  Asparagus value of utilized production in Washington totaled $26.2 million, down 2% from 2017.  Washington accounted for 34% of national utilized production.   Carrots in Washington showed a $20.0 million valu...