Did you know there is an ongoing campaign to educate consumers about the importance of U.S. agriculture to the nation's food supply? In April of this year, a coalition of farmers and farm organization...
15 August, 2022Primary CBP crops include hay, potatoes, corn, wheat, beans, orchard fruits, grapes, herbs, onions, grass seed, and vegetables with an estimated value of $3,800 per acre, annually. An additional $2.66...
15 July, 2022Did you know the Columbia Basin Project (CBP) generates over 13,000 jobs, three million recreational visits, and 10,000 farms that produce foods we consume daily? The fruits and vegetables grown make ...
01 May, 2022Banks Lake, an important man-made reservoir within the Columbia Basin Project (CBP), was created in the early 1950s near Grand Coulee Dam. Damming both ends of the Upper Grand Coulee resulted in crea...
01 February, 2022At the time the Columbia Basin Project (CBP) was being conceived, pumping irrigation water to a destination was almost inconceivable, but the topography of the Columbia Basin meant gravity-fed irrigat...
01 January, 2022