Farmers in Whatcom County were hit hard by flooding last week. Local dairyman and Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Advisory Committee member Jeff DeJong says that the flood was predicted well so they were able to prepare for it. His farm wasn’t affected directly by the flooding. Community members ...
RTJ, a fourth generation dairy farm in Whatcom County, has sold their herd. They announced on Facebook less than two weeks ago that they had decided to part ways with dairy farming. Ashton Beanblossom, fourth generation farmer, spoke with Dillon Honcoop about the decision. “Darigold made an announcement at the ...
Farmers are among the hardest hit by the recent storm that hit Whatcom County. Dillon Honcoop spoke to two local dairy farmers, sisters Leea Rainey Heeringa and Lynne Rainey Wheeler, about the challenges they faced last week. Heeringa, who lives in Sumas, said one of the biggest problems they had ...
Could it be? Could snow be on the way to Whatcom County? Meteorologist Rufus La Lone tells Dillon Honcoop the long-range weather forecasts continue to show snow is more and more likely. La Lone says an “arctic outbreak” will occur starting next Saturday, Jan. 11. “(An arctic outbreak) is basically ...
This month marks the 3rd anniversary of the Drayton Harbor Shellfish beds reopening for commercial harvesting. Drayton Harbor suffered from pollution and it took years of effort to clean it up and get the OK for commercial harvesting. Initially 810 acres of shellfish beds reopened, but this year an additional ...
The annual Small Fruit Conference and Northwest Ag Show are both happening this week at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds. Stacey Beier helps organize the events and spoke with Dillon on the Farming Show. WSU organizes the program side of the event, Beier said. “They choose what the topics are going ...
Hundreds of kids from around Whatcom County will get to experience a really cool event. Dillon Honcoop spoke with Gavin Willis of Whatcom Family Farmers on the Farming Show, to get the details about Farm Circle. Whatcom Family Farmers partner with people from the dairy, berry and potato industries in ...
Ashton Beanblossom, herd manager RTJ Farm. (Photo from RTJ Farm Facebook page) T’is the season for corn and potato farmers to start battling the weather to get their crops harvested. Whatcom County dairy farmers grow over 10,000 acres of corn that they ensile to feed their cows throughout the coming ...
Hoard's Dairyman, a leading national publication serving the dairy community, published the story announcing the support of the American Dairy Coalition for Pacific Northwest dairy farmers in their fight with the EPA. The long standing battle concerns a science report from 2012 that purports to show current dairy operations are ...
Farm workers work hard and deserve great pay, benefits and protections. You might be surprised at what most farm workers would tell you about the best way to help them. The information in the document below (download and share it) will provide the facts about farm workers, their jobs, guest ...
