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An Olympia man grew a 2,191-pound prizewinning pumpkin. Here's how he did it WATCH
Just last week, Jeff Uhlmeyer of Olympia won the 2021 Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off. The retired Washington State Department of Transportation pavement engineer grew...
The future farmers of France are tech savvy — and they want weekends off VIEW
France is the European Union’s main breadbasket, accounting for one-fifth of all agricultural output, but a crisis is bearing down in the form of a...
Northwest farmers who lost crops to extreme heat eligible for federal disaster relief
Record-setting temperatures in early summer caused losses across a broad swath of the state from oyster aquaculture operations in the Puget Sound region to fruit...
Plant-based food companies face critics: environmental advocates
Even as consumers and investors move to hold Big Food more accountable for its emissions, the fact that two of the leading plant-based food companies...
Could this new version of an old grain help fight climate change and feed the world? VIEW
Scientists in Kansas have transformed a perennial wheatgrass into a potential substitute for regular wheat. Their goal is to lessen environmental harm done by standard...
U.S. farmers reap bigger crop profits and boost stockpiles
It turns out that 2021 was a pretty good year to be an American farmer. After struggling through extreme weather, a trade war and tepid...
Washington state reports smallest wheat crop in decades
According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, while overall wheat acres sown in Washington in 2021 remained relatively unchanged from 2020, yields in...
India turns to Amazon, Microsoft to harness data to help farmers boost yields VIEW
India, which is seeking to ensure food security in the second-most populous nation, is betting that Amazon and Microsoft can help farmers boost yields with...