Northwest
Farm and Ranch A joint publication of the
Pend Oreille Ferry
In this issue New UI dean’s goal: to connect with the public/PAGE 2 Registration open for UI’s Rangeland Fall Forum/PAGE 3 UI researcher aims to boost crop yields with help of biochar biochar/PAGE 4 Despite drought, harvest was decent for area farmers/PAGE 6 What’s the future of urban ag?/PAGE 8 Washington lost 3,700 farms during five-year stretch/PAGE 10
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