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As we continue our Outlook of 2018 with Northwest Farm Credit Services, we transition to Northwest row crops.  Karen Witt, Vice President at NWFCS said potato growers should see strong returns through the end of the 2017-18 marketing season, due to limited supply.  ...

For a limited number of growers across Eastern Washington, WSU Extension is offering free soil health testing.  WSU said this will allow growers to see how their soils measure up when compared to similar soils across the region.  The test will evaluate several aspects of soil organic matter. To quali...

As we continue to look at the latest outlook numbers from Northwest Farm Credit Services, we turn our attention to the row crops.  NWFCS Vice President Karen Witt said onion prices remain well above prices one year agao, as fewer acres and a shorter growing season limited 2017 production.  ...

The 2017 Washington State University Onion Field Day will take place Thursday at Weyns (wines) Farm outside of Othello.  WSU’s Tim Waters told the Washington Ag Network this annual event is a great way to look ahead to spring.   “It gives growers and salesmen kind of a good idea of how those varieties are performing, so when they go to buy seed for next year, it kind of cues them in to what they m

As we continue reviewing Northwest Farm Credit Service’s outlook of 2017 for key regional commodities, we turn to the row crops.   First, potatoes.  Karen Witt, NWFCS Vice President says low supplies of quality, fresh-packed potatoes are pushing up prices.   "The c...

Washington State University is warning onion growers to be vigilant with their disease management.  WSU Extension’s Tim Waters told the Washington Ag Network one of the chief concerns is Downy Mildew, which is a water mold like Late Blight   “Conditions that promote Late Blight in potato are also going to promote Downy Mildew in Onions; so cool wet conditions.  And we had those co...

WSU Extension is offering free soil health testing to a limited number of growers in Eastern Washington.   Growers can see how their soils measure up when compared to similar soils in the region.   The test will evaluate several aspects of soil organic matter.   ...

The growing season is officially here.  And Northwest Farm Credit Services said the season a head will be a mixed bag for area commodities.  As far as winter wheat is concerned, NFCS’s Michael Stolp said most of the local crop is good to excellent, supported by ample winter snows and abundant spring precipitation.   “Produ...

Onion growers across the Columbia Basin are being advised to actively scout for Thrips.  WSU Extension’s Tim Waters said warmer, dryer conditions allow Thrips to thrive and multiple quickly.  He said if left untreated, thrips can decrease overall yield by 5% to 40%.  So growers mu...