Grant Kitamura, general manager and part owner of Baker & Murakami Produce Co., Ontario, stands in an onion warehouse last week. Locally, prices for onions are on the rise. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). ONTARIO – Friday morning the huge Baker & Murakami Produce Co. warehouse was hopping. Fork lifts darted from[Read More…]

Area reservoirs, like the Owyhee (above), are running low, potentially creating serious challenges for Malheur County’s agriculture industry next year. (The Enterprise/File). VALE – Mother Nature’s water bank account is nearly overdrawn. Reservoirs that furnish the muscle behind Malheur County’s multimillion-dollar agriculture industry are dangerously low. Unless Mother Nature delivers[Read More…]