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MOSES LAKE — It wasn’t incredibly hot in the Ardell Pavilion at the Grant County Fair Wednesday morning. Every fan in the place was running, along with a portable behemoth more than six feet tall. For anybody wearing a light shirt, maybe shorts, taking a seat and not moving around a lot, it was - bearable. Unfortunately, the competitors in market class livestock don’t have any of those options...

MOSES LAKE — Future Farmers of America members from Quincy, Moses Lake, Ephrata and Lind-Ritzville were named District Nine officers for 2023-24 at the district meeting at Moses Lake High School May 24...

MOSES LAKE — Medical Lake High School ag teacher and FFA advisor Jennie Wagner said some of the people in the Medical Lake HS FFA chapter will go on to careers in agriculture, and some of them won’t. All of them, however, have picked up important skills through FFA - something that’s also true of the young people in the 4-H clubs she used to lead. “I think people, a lot of times, think FFA is just all those kids (raising) animals, or they wear those blue jackets,” Wagner said. “But w...

MOSES LAKE — Gardeners can get a head start on their flower arrangements and vegetable gardens, and help a good cause besides, this weekend. Future Farmers of America chapters in Moses Lake, Quincy, Othello and Ephrata are sponsoring their annual plant sales, with the money raised going to chapter activities and to restock the greenhouse next year. “It’s super-crucial,” said Moses Lake High School FFA member Samantha Underwood. “It funds almost everything. Every profit that comes out o...

QUINCY, Wash. — Agriculture education and FFA are more important than ever, says Rod Cool, who has taught high school agriculture for more than three decades in Washington state.