Agriculture

Agriculture

Read the latest news about Washington state's top crops: apples and pears; wheat and hay; milk and dairy; potatoes and vegetables; cherries, grapes and hops. Topics also include Washington state wines and viticulture, beef cattle and other livestock; aquaculture; international trade in farm commodities; organic foods, pesticides, herbicides and the debate over genetically modified crops (GMO).

Oregon's hazelnut harvest falls short of expectations

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hazelnut growers in Oregon were anticipating a record-high crop in 2018, although it appears the harvest is coming in short of expectations. The Capital Press reported Monday that the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service predicted 52,000 tons of hazelnuts in August, which would have beaten the previous record of 49,500 tons...

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In this Oct. 8, 2018, photo, tugboats move a container ship to the dockyard of a seaport in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province. (Chinatopix via AP) cargo trade

October 30, 2018 at 6:00 am

We’re running out of time to avert a full-blown U.S.-China trade war | Jon Talton

So far, the damage from tariffs and retaliation has been relatively small. But that could soon change.

October 23, 2018 at 10:49 am

Francis Ford Coppola acquires Oregon winery

DAYTON, Ore. (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola's wine company, The Family Coppola, has purchased its first winery in Oregon. The Statesman Journal reports Tuesday that...

Nation & World

October 23, 2018 at 7:00 am

A spirited partnership with Woodinville Whiskey Co. saved the day (and then some) at a struggling family farm VIEW

Arnie and Phyllis Omlin’s grain-growing gamble has ‘been a game-changer,’ says Arnie, with new crops, new friendships and award-winning liquor.

FILE–In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a news conference in Seattle, Wash. Washington state’s top lawyer stopped President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order by filing a lawsuit and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is strategizing how to fight back if the federal government tries to withhold funds to force compliance with conservative policies, like on abortion. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)

FILE–In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a news conference in Seattle, Wash. Washington state’s top lawyer stopped President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order by filing a lawsuit and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is strategizing how to fight back if the federal government tries to withhold funds to force compliance with conservative policies, like on abortion. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)

FILE–In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a news conference in Seattle, Wash. Washington state’s top lawyer stopped President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order by filing a lawsuit and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is strategizing how to fight back if the federal government tries to withhold funds to force compliance with conservative policies, like on abortion. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)

FILE–In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a news conference in Seattle, Wash. Washington state’s top lawyer stopped President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order by filing a lawsuit and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is strategizing how to fight back if the federal government tries to withhold funds to force compliance with conservative policies, like on abortion. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)

October 18, 2018 at 5:09 pm

Eastern Washington packing house to pay $525,000 to settle lawsuit over worker sexual harassment

Attorney General Bob Ferguson says the settlement with Horning Brothers, based in Quincy, Grant County, is believed to be the largest civil-rights resolution for the...

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FILE- In this March 6, 2018, file photo, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder, left, and Double Quarter Pound burger is shown with fresh beef in Atlanta. McDonald’s isn’t ready to stop offering plastic straws, despite environmental concerns. A shareholder proposal to pressure the world’s biggest hamburger chain on the matter was voted down at the company’s annual meeting Thursday, May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

October 18, 2018 at 7:05 am

Burger chains are failing the antibiotics test, but two local spots are acing it

A new report highlights how “many meat producers routinely give the drugs to animals that are not sick," and how well major burger chains monitor...

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A 45-acre plot of land bordered by the trees at left, Highway 97 in the distance and Tjossem Road is the planned site of a solar farm by by Tuusso Energy. The land is near Ellensburg.

October 17, 2018 at 5:59 pm

Gov. Inslee approves solar project on Kittitas County farmland

The Columbia Solar Project would generate up to 25 megawatts of renewable power, enough electricity for about 5,000 homes, according to Washington state's governor.

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FILE – This Wednesday, April 19, 2017 file photo shows the beer cooler behind the counter in a convenience store in Sheridan, Ind. In future sweltering years with a double whammy of heat and drought, losses of barley yield can be as much as 17 percent, computer simulations show. And that means “beer prices would, on average, double,” even adjusting for inflation, said a study published in the journal Nature Plants on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) NY328 NY328

October 15, 2018 at 8:02 am

Global warming to leave us crying in our costlier beer

Increasing bouts of extreme heat waves and drought will hurt production of barley, a key beer ingredient, in the future.

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October 14, 2018 at 5:34 pm

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Agriculture

Oregon's hazelnut harvest falls short of expectations

More Headlines

We’re running out of time to avert a full-blown U.S.-China trade war | Jon Talton

Francis Ford Coppola acquires Oregon winery

A spirited partnership with Woodinville Whiskey Co. saved the day (and then some) at a struggling family farm VIEW

Eastern Washington packing house to pay $525,000 to settle lawsuit over worker sexual harassment

Burger chains are failing the antibiotics test, but two local spots are acing it

Gov. Inslee approves solar project on Kittitas County farmland

Global warming to leave us crying in our costlier beer

Marijuana is emerging among California’s vineyards, offering promise and concern VIEW

Farmworkers who alleged blacklisting to get up to $275,800 under settlement with Washington fruit grower

Washington Strawberry Commission in a jam with state auditor over ‘risk of loss, waste and abuse’