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Washington State University has announced the new director of the Dryland Research Station in Lind.  Last week, the school announced that crop and soil scientist Surendra Singh will serve as the new dryland cropping systems agronomist and next leader of the central Washington station.  He repl...

September appears to have picked up right where August left off, with many regions across the Pacific Northwest reporting record or near record heat to start the month.   “We kicked off September on the 1st with a September record tying high of 112 degrees in Lancaster, CA," noted USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.  "That wa...

After a very dry start to the calendar year, 2022 has, for many locations across the Pacific Northwest, turned out to be a good year precipitation wise. According to the National Weather Service, since the start of the year, Yakima has received 2 ...

The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association announced over the weekend the hiring of a New Executive Director. After several weeks of what the organization called a competitive interview process, Tammy Dennee has been selected to replace Jerome Rosa OCA head. D ...

A little over a week remains in the month, but if the current weather pattern hold, April 2020 will go down as one of the driest on record for many locations across the Inland Northwest. “There’s only been trace amounts in Wenatchee, and Yakima, to only a few hundredths across the Tri-Cities and Pendleton area, to around 0.3” around P ...

Thanks to fears and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus, oil prices are trading at the lowest levels we’ve seen in the past 12 months.  As of Monday, prices for West Texas Crude were trading around $52 per barrel.  And while that figure was up slightly, its part of a larger trend, pushing oil prices lower since the world first caught wind of the health problems in China.   What i...

The Inland Northwest is enjoy some sunny and dry weather for the middle portion of the workweek.  And that comes as a welcomed change after active and even wild weather over the weekend that led to flooding and elevated river levels across the region.  Ma...

Oil prices traded higher Tuesday, with West Texas Crude trading around $53 per barrel.  That upward movement came just a day after concerns over the coronavirus sent panic through the oil market, and most investment markets thanks to slowdowns, business cancellations, and travel restrictions across China.  ...

November in the Inland Northwest was one of the driest on record, and that includes records dating back as far as 100 years.  Marilyn Lohmann with the National Weather Service said precipitation totals were almost non-existent for many locations in November including: Yakima 0.04” ...

Oil prices moved slightly higher over the past week, but as Patrick DeHaan with Gasbuddy.com explained, the movement was modest because of a lack of details from the U.S./China Phase One agreement.  He said if additional details had been provided, investors would have felt more comfortable.  ...