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).
Everyone’s favorite apple is leaving Northeastern orchards out on a limb. For the massive West Coast orchards, this isn’t much of a problem.
So far, the damage from tariffs and retaliation has been relatively small. But that could soon change.
Arnie and Phyllis Omlin’s grain-growing gamble has ‘been a game-changer,’ says Arnie, with new crops, new friendships and award-winning liquor.
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...
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...
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.
Increasing bouts of extreme heat waves and drought will hurt production of barley, a key beer ingredient, in the future.
Legal marijuana is emerging among the vineyards, not as a rival to the Santa Ynez Valley's grapes but as a high-value commodity that could help...
