Northwest Farm Credit Services, the Northwest’s leading agricultural financial cooperative, announced 2018 earnings of $302.0 million, compared to $250.6 million in 2017, an increase of 20.5 percent. Read more.

The Northwest Farm Credit Services Board of Directors has increased the association’s level of annual cash patronage dividends to customer-members from 1.0 to 1.25 percent of eligible average daily loan balances. Read more.

No doubt the ag lending industry has its challenges. Dr. Dave Kohl looks at the upside in this week’s The Ag Globe Trotter.

We’re seeing dry…from the sky. A ridge parked over the Northwest is keeping much of the rain away and sending warmth our way. That warmth, however, is hastening the snow melt. (Keep your galoshes handy.) What can you expect through the end of March? This week’s weather video from atmospheric scientist Eric Snodgrass reveals the answer. Watch Now!