SPOKANE — As a college student, Ben Barstow wanted to get into farming. When people asked him what he wanted to do when he graduated, he’d reply: “I’m looking for a Palouse farmer’s daughter who doesn ...
The Palouse Highway begins in a commercial zone — there's a sprawling Target complex, a McDonald's and an expanse of often well-populated soccer fields. But head a little farther south, and the road ...
MOSCOW, Idaho - Some wheat farmers in Idaho and Washington are hanging onto their harvest, hoping that prices will soon rise. Bruce Baldwin of Palouse Grain Growers said he's seen a drop in the number ...
The Palouse grasslands have long been known to be of ecological significance and import. Stretching across state lines in Washington, Idaho and Oregon, the landscape of rolling hills, fertile prairies ...
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 ...
Art Schultheis’ old-school upbringing with six siblings near Colton developed his affinity for farming. The children and their parents lived on a farm that the family homesteaded in 1874. The family’s ...
HARRINGTON, Wash. – Several energy companies are exploring major wind projects in Eastern Washington. Just don’t call them wind farms, or else some wheat farmers might take offense. The companies are ...
Despite living in Eastern Washington since 2008, I know little about the Palouse. I’ve visited Pullman for events at Washington State University, but otherwise, all I know is that the region is home ...