Skagit Farmers Supply

Month: September 2021

Skagit County Corn Crop

2021 has been a very interesting year for growing crops in the Pacific Northwest.  With record breaking high temperatures and months without any measurable rainfall in many areas. The adverse weather coupled with elevated fertilizer prices and difficulty in sourcing popular chemicals made 2021 a very challenging year to raise crops. Despite all of the… Read More »

Corn Plot Field Day

Skagit Farmers Supply hosted our 2021 Corn Plot Field Day on September 8th and were pleased to have great weather and good grower turnout. We had over 40 people in attendance at our Corn Field Day including growers, product vendors and Skagit Farmers staff. We had 16 corn hybrids planted in our plot this year… Read More »

2021 Potato Harvest is in full swing!

2021 Potato Harvest   Skagit Farmers Supply helps to support thousands of acres of potato production in Western Washington!   Whatcom County, a designated seed growing region, grows 3000 acres of seed potatoes annually. With hundreds of varieties across multiple generations seed potato production in a very intensive practice. All these seed potato lots are… Read More »