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).
Seaweed could practically neutralize one of the most stubborn sources of a powerful greenhouse gas: methane emissions from the digestive processes of some livestock, including...
The price of ingredients in a traditional turkey dinner for 10 people is down to the lowest level in a decade, driven largely by grocers...
Districts where agriculture already plays an important economic and cultural role have an advantage. South Whidbey is one of them: Six years ago, it turned...
At the country's 2,500 turkey farms, farmers are trying to predict demand as social distancing and travel challenges amid the COVID pandemic will mean smaller...
Home bakers working for Community Loaves have made more than 3,000 loaves of bread that have been distributed to those in need.
After federal agencies decided to keep the four Lower Snake River dams, environmental groups are vowing to continue their fight for removal to save salmon...
Wineries in California, Oregon and Washington have survived severe wildfires before, but the smoke from this year's blazes has been especially bad — thick enough...
The Trump administration has rejected scientific evidence linking the pesticide chlorpyrifos to serious health problems, directly contradicting federal scientists’ conclusions five years ago that it...
