Pacific Northwest

Of Dust Devils and Demons
Of Dust Devils and Demons
Of Dust Devils and Demons
As you travel across the Pacific Northwest, you will experience many types of landscapes. High deserts, forests, mountains, and coastline. And while you drive these diverse terrains you see it, a field tornado, the tracks of a Tasmanian devil, a field demon: a dust devil.
NASS: Farm Real Estate Value Up Across The PNW
NASS: Farm Real Estate Value Up Across The PNW
NASS: Farm Real Estate Value Up Across The PNW
According to NASS, Cash rent across the PNW varied this year, while farm real estate value moved higher in all three states. Cash rent expense for all cropland in Idaho is estimated at $194 per acre this year, up $14 per acre from 2021.  Irrigated cropland is estimated at $262 per acre, up $26.00 p...
Wheat In Storage Across The PNW Off 41% From Last Year
Wheat In Storage Across The PNW Off 41% From Last Year
Wheat In Storage Across The PNW Off 41% From Last Year
According to NASS, wheat in storage across the Pacific Northwest dropped 41% from March 1st of last year to March 1st, 2022. All wheat stored in Idaho last month totaled 36.7 million bushels, down from 53.3 million bushels a year ago. Off-farm stocks were down 32%, while on-farm stocks were down 31% compared to the previous year ...
ODA: Destructive, Invasive Insect Recently Reported
ODA: Destructive, Invasive Insect Recently Reported
ODA: Destructive, Invasive Insect Recently Reported
Oregon Department of Agriculture officials are nervous after a destructive invasive species was recently discovered. A dead spotted lanternfly, was recently discovered in a shipment of planters and ceramic pots from Pennsylvania. When the insect was discovered the Corvallis-based nursery immediately contacted state officials ...