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).
Cody Edwards turned a COVID-era backyard experiment into a full-fledged business growing strawberries. It is a success, but there was a learning curve, he says.
This year's Washington state cherry crop is looking to be plentiful but late-- "possibly the latest we have ever seen," said B.J. Thurlby, president of...
Researchers invited growers to taste and learn about the new apple variety. “I’m interested to see where it goes in the future,” one grower said.
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...
