Northwest farming

(Runtime 1:02)For two years, Northwest farmers didn’t have enough potatoes for processors.The crops yielded under what was expected. Processors were…

(Runtime :54)Researchers are developing special coatings to protect Northwest wines from any smoke flavors.Vineyard managers could spray the coatings onto…

Many Northwest apple growers are reveling in a good crop – with good quality, moderate sizing and nice color.“Most of our people around our board of…

(Runtime 3:45) The cherries you’ll find at Cherry Ridge Farms in Kennewick, are not your typical cherries. They’re huge and expensive – super deluxe, and…

Celestino Mendoza loads colorful plastic asparagus lugs off the flatbed of a '95 Ford pickup at the end of a warm day.His woven straw hat shades his face,…

Anna King reports on a serious shortage of seeds for forage crops caused by severe drought / Runtime - 3:39There was a major drought last year that…

Gangs of wild elk are attacking farmers’ haystacks in Washington and Oregon. They’re hungry, after a long drought and record mountain snow this winter has driven animals down to the lowlands. Climate scientists say things may only get worse in the future.

From Oregon to the Dakotas, hay stocks for hungry cattle are already low. On top of that, ranchers say summer pastures are dry from the widespread drought.

Northwest farmers are pouring on the water to moisten soils ahead of the triple-digit temperatures and possible record highs expected this weekend.

Much of the Northwest’s high country is still deep in good snowpack but short on rain this spring. That has dryland wheat farmers and cattle ranchers fretting. Cold, wind and dust are even wreaking havoc with produce farmers in the region.