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).
New California labor laws could make it prohibitively expensive to provide grazing goats to devour wild grass and shrubs that could fuel wildfires this summer.
Ukraine is now the world's most mined country, and fields on which farmers once depended are now potential death traps.
The trade war with China is heating up. Is a rupture inevitable? How would a disruption in trade with China affect Washington state? Jon Talton...
The Ohio farmer and Vietnam War veteran won acclaim long before becoming a meme for pioneering techniques to preserve farmland threatened by soil degradation.
Yakima Valley growers believe the spring weather has been just right so far this year for cherries. They hope good conditions continue through the harvest...
Rice is in trouble as Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of billions of people. Sometimes there’s not enough rain when seedlings need...
The state Attorney General's Office will use the money to pay over 170 workers eligible for damages.
The future of coffee might be in Southeast Asia, where growers are embracing the once-spurned robusta bean, which is more tolerant of temperature fluctuations.
The Supreme Court has backed a California animal cruelty law that requires more space for breeding pigs.
After a late start to the season, the heat finally woke the Yakima Valley's asparagus crop out of its slumber.
