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A new pest in silage corn
Upcoming harvest will show extent of Western corn rootworm WHATCOM — A new bug is in the silage corn fields of some local dairy farmers. How great of a threat it poses remains to ...
4H Reports
BARN BUDDIES Tabitha Revak, reporter Since I’ve written about our Barn Buddies’ preparations for the Northwest Washington Fair and the Small Animal Experience nearly every month ...
Milk price likely peaking at $16.57
The August Federal Order Class III benchmark milk price was announced Friday, Sept. 1, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at $16.57 per hundredweight, up $1.12 from July but 34 cents ...
Darigold shifts to doing its own store delivery
Trucks and new employees will work from five NW cities SEATTLE — Darigold announced Sept. 1 that it is shifting to its own direct delivery of finished goods to stores with a fleet ...
Speaker panel topic is farm winterizing
LYNDEN — In the Whatcom Speaker Series on the third Thursday of every month, regional experts are joined by local farmers to share their knowledge and experience on farming and ...
Skookum Kids targets ‘modern orphan crisis’
Mt. Baker Rotary extends its support for foster parenting WHATCOM — Ray Deck III is the founding director of Skookum Kids. “We face a modern orphan crisis,” he said when he launched ...
Passenger-only service to Lummi Island starts today
GOOSEBERRY POINT — Dry dock for the Whatcom Chief ferry begins Thursday, Sept. 7, with return to regular schedule not until Monday, Sept. 25. As always, the return date is tentative ...
Bluegrass tunes at Hovander Homestead Park
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Closing out a ‘Summer of Fun’
City ended series with Last Bite of Summer By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Riley Sweeney and the City of Ferndale intended the inaugural “Summer of Fun” ...
Citizen lawsuit targets Ferndale Grain
Environmental groups allege stormwater discharges violating Clean Water Act By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — Seattle-based Puget Soundkeeper Alliance and RE Sources ...
