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).
BARAKA, Kenya (AP) — In a convoy of pickup trucks fitted with spray guns, soldiers zoom through Baraka' s hills leaving a trail of dust...
The state exported 18.8 million 40-pound boxes of apples from the 2020-21 crop as of last week, which is down 20.5% from this time last...
Just weeks after workers became eligible, agricultural employers, farmworker advocates and health organizations have been quick to organize on-site vaccination clinics and group appointments to...
The new administration wants more equitable trade policies than those pursued by presidents prior to Trump. Details are lacking, but Washington's trade dependence is again...
Tri-Cities cattle rancher Cody Easterday has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison. According to court records, Easterday defrauded...
The popular Skagit Valley Tulip Festival opens Thursday, and it will be much different than a year ago when COVID-19 restrictions shut it down. Last...
The Biden administration is pledging to reverse decades of discriminatory agricultural lending and subsidy policies that have left Black farmers at an economic disadvantage and...
The Biden administration announced $12 billion in new farm aid, and said it will seek to expand COVID assistance to producers that weren’t covered under...
For years, sweeping immigration reform has failed to make headway in Congress. Meanwhile, Washington Republican Dan Newhouse has worked on legislation to offer undocumented farmworkers...
