Agriculture
Selective harvesting
PASCO - The effectiveness of an asparagus harvesting machine Kim Haws has spent nearly 40 years refining showed in the freshly cut field north of Pasco.
Haws knelt last week to examine the stump of a cut asparagus spear. It was surrounded by several shorter spears that weren't quite ready for harvest.
Slowdown in once-booming organics troubling to farmers
The organic dairy industry was thriving when Allen and Jean Moody bought a 200-acre Wisconsin dairy farm in 2006 and joined the ranks of farmers churning out milk raised without growth hormones, pesticides or other chemicals.
Three years later, the good days are gone and the Moodys aren't alone in wanting out.
Oregon project would employ manure, tires to create energy
BOARDMAN, Ore. - An Oregon company is seeking permits for a facility on the Columbia River that would harness methane gas for energy by collecting it from decomposing old tires and cow manure.
Portland-based Northwest Biogas proposes an anaerobic digester project at a large dairy farm and is seeking a permit from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to store waste tires.
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Monday June 29, 2009
- Selective harvesting
PASCO - The effectiveness of an asparagus harvesting machine Kim Haws has spent nearly 40 years refining showed in the freshly cut field north of... - Slowdown in once-booming organics troubling to farmers
The organic dairy industry was thriving when Allen and Jean Moody bought a 200-acre Wisconsin dairy farm in 2006 and joined the ranks of farmers... - Oregon project would employ manure, tires to create energy
BOARDMAN, Ore. - An Oregon company is seeking permits for a facility on the Columbia River that would harness methane gas for energy by collecting...
