The Washington Grain Commission has developed a "strong budget" for its priorities — marketing, research and education — its leaders say.
Stevens County ranchers and residents say they want more authority at the local level when it comes to problem cougars.
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Washington farmers have signed up to plant more than 6,000 acres of hemp this year, joining a national rush just as federal regulators ramp up scrutiny of health claims about the crop's most p…
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An Okanogan County rancher who shot and killed a wolf as it approached three newborn calves was promptly cleared by Washington Fish and Wildlife investigators, according to records released Tuesday.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a drought emergency Monday in 24 watersheds, making public agencies in about half the state eligible for drought-relief grants.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Two Republican members of Congress from eastern Washington are urging Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to veto funding to study the impacts if four dams on the Snake River are …
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has expanded a drought emergency to nearly half the state because of worsened, poor water supply conditions and warmer and drier weather predic…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Workers at a $1.7 billion polysilicon plant in central Washington believe President Donald Trump's trade war with China may be their best chance for staying employed.
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A dam that diverts river water to Washington state's Lake Whatcom will be removed next year as part of a project that aims to restore salmon habitat.
Washington Cattlemen’s Association is looking for a new executive vice president to succeed Sarah Ryan, who left after two years to take another job.
As drought spreads in Washington, the Department of Ecology is preparing to make $2 million available for drought-relief projects.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The gray wolf is on track for a remarkable comeback after being almost exterminated in the contiguous United States, but a Trump administration proposal to take the iconic s…
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A drive through Oregon’s Willamette Valley will quickly convince any Midwesterner that agriculture in the Pacific Northwest is far different from the Corn Belt.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed with the Washington Farm Bureau and other industry groups that the Obama EPA was wrong to reject water-quality standards developed by the state D…
The co-founder of one of the largest tree fruit marketing companies in Washington state, Robert “Bob” Kershaw, has died at 81.
Three workshops in Washington state next week will help farmers adhere to produce safety guidelines under the federal Food Safety Modernization Act.
To balance its budget, Washington Fish and Wildlife may cut back the division that responds to troublesome animals, such as cougars and black bears.
PULLMAN, Wash. — The new Washington FFA state officers say they hope to grow, lead, serve and inspire the organization’s members in the coming year.
The Washington State Department of Agriculture plans to spray a biological pesticide from a low-flying airplane over a total of 1,706 acres to kill gypsy moth caterpillars in King, Kitsap and …
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OLYMPIA — A proposal to protect eroding farmland in southwest Washington by taking gravel from the Lower Satsop River in Grays Harbor County was vetoed May 8 by Gov. Jay Inslee.
Irrigation districts in the Yakima Basin, Wenatchee River and Okanogan and Methow rivers likely will deal with shortened water supply in late summer because of drought or near-drought conditions.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state official says wolves should be removed from the federal endangered species list in the entirety of the state.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a measure to make daylight saving time permanent in the state if federal law changes to allow it.
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Wolves should be taken off the federal endangered species list in Washington, according to state Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind.
Five climate-change bills signed Tuesday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will mandate renewable power, subsidize electric vehicles, require buildings to be remodeled and dictate how energy air c…
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SILVERDALE, Wash. — About 80 million acres of national forests are ripe for burning up, so the U.S. Forest Service will have to be smart about picking which ones to thin, the agency’s chief, V…
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Wildlife managers from tribal, state and local governments are joining forces at Lake Roosevelt this week to combat the spread of northern pike.
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OLYMPIA — Over the next two years, Washington plans to lend $14.44 million and give another $7.11 million to public agencies, tribes and businesses to bring high-speed internet to rural areas …
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OLYMPIA — Washington state will spend $399,000 on a new task force to study promoting the health of honeybees and other pollinators.
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OLYMPIA — A veteran Washington lawmaker reaffirmed that in his 25 years in the Legislature he’s never heard as much anti-agriculture rhetoric as he did this year.
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SEATTLE (AP) — The state budget approved this week includes $750,000 to study the impacts of the possible breaching of four Snake River dams to help salmon recovery.
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OLYMPIA — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Friday loosening restrictions on growing and processing hemp, though farmers still will need to buy a license from the state and submit harve…
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TUMWATER, Wash. — Fragile support for killing wolves to protect livestock may collapse if the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife culls a pack in Ferry County for a fourth straight year…
Getting stuck overnight at the Denver, Colo., airport due to weather delays during a trip to Washington, D.C., was more than a unique team-building exercise for the Washington state FFA officers.
Thieves in Eastern Washington stole about $90,000 worth of GPS units from farm equipment last month, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office says.
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OLYMPIA — More work needs to be done before estimating Washington’s wolf population, a University of Washington biologist said April 24, pulling back on a remark he made in January that there …
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Eastern Washington ranchers could be enlisted to help kill problem wolves, according to a state Department of Fish and Wildlife memo presenting ideas for deterring attacks on livestock in a re…
OLYMPIA — Washington lawmakers have approved a new committee with a wide-ranging mandate to review how farms spray pesticides and to investigate cases of pesticide exposure.
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Farmers will be able to charge handpicked hunters for coming onto their land to shoot an elk in the the Upper Skagit Valley in northwest Washington, according to a deal between the state Fish …
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OLYMPIA — Truck drivers hauling crops will have some leeway before getting a ticket for exceeding weight limits, according to a bill passed Monday by the state House.
CHEHALIS, Wash. — Farmers, public agencies and a nonprofit group are planning to build nine silos at the Port of Chehalis to tap into the region’s demand for grains.
OLYMPIA — Washington lawmakers have raised fees to save the Department of Agriculture's brand program, settling for now an issue that divided the cattle industry for two years.
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Blue tomatoes! Mild habanero peppers! Never heard of such things? That’s the point, says Washington State University Extension agricultural specialist Justin O’Dea. They’re …
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OLYMPIA — Pilot projects to remove river gravel to keep farmland from washing away have surfaced in legislation to help orcas, raising concerns from environmental groups that make passing the …
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OLYMPIA — The House budget committee on Monday removed from a bill the threat of new fees on Washington farmers who hire H-2A workers.
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OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife can’t act independently of Indian tribes to shoot elk on farmland in Skagit County, agency leaders said Saturday.
Washington farmers will learn about the essentials of raising hemp during an upcoming workshop.
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Forecasts of low summer streamflows and an outlook for dry warm weather has prompted Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to declare droughts in the Yakima, Okanogan and Methow drainages.
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OLYMPIA — Washington Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind said he will direct wildlife managers to “err on the side” of chasing and killing cougars that are causing problems.
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Washington’s confirmed wolf population grew slowly in 2018, but wolves are continuing to recolonize the state by increasingly moving west, a state Fish and Wildlife official says.
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife should more freely issue kill permits to elk-bedeviled farmers and ranchers in eastern Skagit County, according to county commissioners.
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OLYMPIA — Wolves in northeast Washington could be managed differently than in other parts of the state under a bill endorsed Tuesday by the Senate agriculture committee.
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Washington snowpack dropped to 80% of normal on April 1. Some farmland could be short irrigation water this summer unless there’s a lot more precipitation soon and temperatures don’t rise too fast.
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A federal judge dismissed a claim Friday by two farmers who allege the Washington State Conservation Commission violated their constitutional rights, likely sending to state court the dispute …
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The Washington Apple Commission is planning to spend an extra $8.4 million in overseas promotions in the next two years to help make up for losses to tariffs.