Northwest farmers

In southeast Washington state, both farmers and farmworkers are contemplating the new Trump administration. But their worries about the future are often not the same.

This week, Russia bombed key Ukrainian ports – crippling major wheat exports. It also pulled out of a key agreement that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain. That’s spiking U.S. wheat futures prices on soft red winter wheat just as the Northwest starts to harvest.

Flower farmers from around western Washington arrived early one Saturday morning for the 15th Annual Flower Festival at Pike Place Market. KNKX's Parker Miles Blohm joined them to photograph the peak of petal season.

A labor dispute at the Port of Portland has brought container shipping from there to a halt. That means lentil and chickpea farmers are having a difficult time getting their crops to foreign markets.

A slowdown at western ports is now aggravating farmers across the Northwest.Produce processors are laying off production line workers. Apples are backing…

Seth Holmes is a doctor and anthropologist at the University of California, Berkeley who did something that wouldn’t occur to most white, middle-class,…

Northwest sweet cherry growers say they'll likely pick 20 million boxes full — their third largest haul ever — this season. But there’s plenty that can…

The number of farms in the Northwest is dropping, according to newly-released federal farm data.But there's more to the story. The average size and value…

Northwest farmers hired significantly more foreign guest workers this season under a special immigration program. Farms in Washington state accounted for…