SPOKANE — As a college student, Ben Barstow wanted to get into farming. When people asked him what he wanted to do when he graduated, he’d reply: “I’m looking for a Palouse farmer’s daughter who doesn ...

MOSCOW, Idaho - Some wheat farmers in Idaho and Washington are hanging onto their harvest, hoping that prices will soon rise. Bruce Baldwin of Palouse Grain Growers said he's seen a drop in the number ...

Researchers have found the stripe rust fungus in research fields on the Palouse, and encourage farmers to apply fungicide if they’ve planted or plan to plant susceptible to moderately susceptible ...

Inside the air-conditioned cab of a 1983 John Deere combine, Ben Barstow projects his voice to be heard over the threshing outside. “If you want to make money, don’t go into agriculture,” he yells ...

EATON, Wash. - Back in the New Deal era, the Northwest’s mighty rivers were dammed allowing barges to cheaply bring grain from the wheat fields of eastern Washington to the coast for export. Today, at ...