Winegar hay and cattle

Winegar hay and cattle

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
Just northeast of Weiser, Idaho's 2020 farm season gets under way under cloudy skies. “I'm Tristan Winegar. Winegar hay and cattle, and I'm the president of the Washington County Farm Bureau.” The Farm Bureau president took us on a tour of his county to show us what his neighbors were doing. “This would be Woods’. They own Appleton in town. Sorting facility and an onion storage storage facility. And then they have a big machine shop and they build all their own equipment. The soil temperatures are good enough that we can put the seed in the ground and it'll be OK till we have water. We don't have water yet. The canal isn't ready for water and the soil moisture was starting to go away. But if we could get tractors in the field and get ahead, we're doing it. So today we're putting in drip tape. The drip tape is gonna be there until they plant the onions. And then as soon as they have water or if they have a well that's ready to go, they'll plant the onions and get the water started and they'll be earlier than they've ever been.”
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