Growing season inbound
Seed potatoes in a planter on its way to sow an acre of potatoes belonging to Schneider Farms of Pasco.
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A field of potatoes in bloom south of Quincy. Potatoes and corn are both planted in the spring, meaning factors such as weather, variety, timing and equipment all play an important role when it comes time to plant.
A farmer cuts alfalfa in a field near Royal City during harvest. Soon, farmers across the Columbia Basin will be preparing to enter the spring planting season.
MOSES LAKE — Mark Kallstrom and Travis Meacham, of Kallstrom Sweet Corn and Friehe Farms respectively, have decades of combined commercial farming experience and discussed some of the ways they prepare for the spring planting season and how their practices have evolved over the years.
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