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Voigt: Growers Looking Forward To 2023
Voigt: Growers Looking Forward To 2023
Voigt: Growers Looking Forward To 2023
The past two years have been challenging for potato growers across the Pacific Northwest.  Last year, the growing and planting season was delayed thanks to a late spring snow storm that dumped several inches of snow in several locations.  An...
UI Researcher Looking Into Fall Food Peas
UI Researcher Looking Into Fall Food Peas
UI Researcher Looking Into Fall Food Peas
A University of Idaho crop researcher is trying to work out the agronomics of raising food-quality fall peas as a high yielding rotation crop for farmers in the state’s panhandle.  The UI’s Kurt Schroeder says while local growers have planted fall peas in the past as a cover crop, planting them for food is very different.  He said one of the ...
Soil Heath: What Can I Do About All Of This Snow?
Soil Heath: What Can I Do About All Of This Snow?
Soil Heath: What Can I Do About All Of This Snow?
With so much snow still on the ground, what is a farmer to do? Dan Pehan with Monty's Plant Food has some ideas.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...
Heading into the Offseason
For the remaining farmers markets in the Inland Northwest, there are just a couple of weeks left so soon planning will begin for next year.   Kathy Hanson with the Market at the Parkway said it’s important for any potential vendor, whether they’ve been in the market or not, to pay attention to vendor meetings that often happen after the start of the year.   “That g...