January

In an effort to streamline annual events, the National Potato Council recently announced it is combing their Annual Meeting with the Potato D.C. Fly-In. “We’ve moved our annual meeting to our Washington, what we’re calling, our Washington Summit which is in March," NPC CEO Kam Quarles noted. "And what that ...

We may be under a La Niña weather pattern, but you wouldn’t know it looking at the lack of snow and the warm temperatures we’ve see across the Northwest this month. Marilyn Lohmann with the National Weather Service said the month of December has been so dry, that much of the area is at least ½" below normal in the precipitation column. And while this month ha ...

While a month late, the USDA Cattle on Feed report shows feed lot inventories as of January 1 is 2% higher than 2018 figures.  That's after December placements were down 2%.  More important, the report offered a break-out of how many heifers were in feed lots.   “...

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for much of North Central Washington, which runs through noon Wednesday.  But even areas not impacted by the Advisory can expect to see snow, with total between 1”-2” on the Columbia Basin and 2”-4” in NCW.   Marilyn Lohmann wit...

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for much of North Central Washington, which runs through noon Wednesday.  But even areas not impacted by the Advisory can expect to see snow, with total between 1”-2” on the Columbia Basin and 2”-4” in NCW.   Marilyn Lohmann with th...