It's harvest time on the Palouse, and North Idaho wheat farmer Wayne Jensen has invited me into the air-conditioned cab of his massive combine. A color-coded computer screen shows us exactly how many ...

All classes of wheat are included in the new version of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP. The Palouse, one of the top wheat-producing areas in the nation, had one of its wettest ...

The Palouse has inspired countless artists with its iconic vistas of grain-covered hills, yellow-gold and green against an azure blue sky and dotted with farmsteads. When clouds roll through and the ...

Times are good for wheat farmers, but they should resist the urge to harvest their crop residue and sell it for ethanol production, a federal researcher says. Leaving wheat residue on the ground helps ...

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 ...

BECU's 2023 Butch crop art by Stan Herd (Photo: BECU) STAN HERD, WHO GREW UP in Kansas wheat country, is effusive when asked what it’s like coming to the Palouse every August to work his crop art ...

Massive combines have begun transforming much of the Palouse from waving fields of wheat into vast expanses of stubble. But the farmers cutting that grain are selling it at or below what it costs them ...

Researchers have found the stripe rust fungus in research fields on the Palouse. (Courtesy Xianming Chen/USDA Agricultural Research Service) Researchers have found the stripe rust fungus in research ...

OAKESDALE, Wash. – Wednesday was an immaculate day on the Palouse. Cartoonishly puffy clouds filled a brilliant blue sky. A gentle breeze blew through the 65-degree air. Hill after hill of bright ...

Washington-based sustainable packaging trailblazer Palouse Fiber Packaging unveils wheat solutions and R&D partnership program ahead of polystyrene foam bans POMEROY ...