Florabelle Powell is one of those rare people who makes you want to do more and complain less. For one thing, she still cuts all the hay on her ranch north of Caputa. Of course, it’s not unusual for ...

Davidson said most hay in the region is a combination of alfalfa and grass, and the optimal time for a first cutting is when the alfalfa is at one-tenth bloom. That’s causing local hay producers to ...

Mid-Columbia hay farmers are looking at a solid year as they prepare for their fourth cutting of alfalfa this week. At Manterola Farms north of Pasco, David Manterola plans to start cutting his fourth ...

The tell-tale signs that summer is fast approaching are the last day of school, Memorial Day weekend – and in the upper Colorado River Valley, the first cutting of hay.Around the region, haying ...

Last month I mentioned to a fellow at the Institute of Journalism and Natural Resources that I would return home in time for the first hay cut. The public radio reporter said, “First? We are on our ...