Washington State University received more USDA research and development funding than any other university for the second year in a row.
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The elk damaging farms and ranches in eastern Skagit County also are trampling school grounds and potentially putting students in harm's way, two school chiefs say.
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Seed for a high-yielding new soft white spring wheat variety is in short supply this year, dealers say.
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OLYMPIA — The Seattle Democrat who introduced a bill that linked Washington farmers to slavery said Friday she was surprised by the strong negative reaction.
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LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — The way dams and storage reservoirs on the Columbia River and its tributaries are managed could change dramatically in a short five years if negotiators from the United …
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OLYMPIA — Agriculture figured prominently in a long debate in the House this week on whether to mandate more biofuels in gasoline and diesel fuel to resist climate change.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Gray wolves in the U.S. would be stripped of federal protection and subject to hunting and trapping in more states under a proposal released Thursday that declares the p…
Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers received the Distinguished Alumni Medallion Award from 4-H during the 10th Anniversary Legacy Award Gala March 12 in Washington D.C.
OLYMPIA — Nearly identical hemp bills have passed the Senate and House, giving Washington farmers the chance to catch up with growers in some other states.
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OLYMPIA — Climate-change legislation to encourage farmers to shrink their carbon footprint is running into opposition from farm groups.
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OLYMPIA — Senate Democrats passed a bill Wednesday to allow the Employment Security Department to tax farms that hire foreign workers, legislation that some Republicans said continues a patter…
Washington state’s congressional delegation wants the U.S. to push for better apple access to Japan when trade negotiations start soon. Washington produces about 67 percent of U.S. apples and …
OLYMPIA — Washington’s much discussed, cussed and litigated wolf policy would apply to the western two-thirds of the state if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service takes gray wolves off the endan…
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BELLEVUE, Wash. — Farmers at the 117th anniversary convention of the National Farmers Union this week had the same worry as the ones who attended the organization’s first gathering more than a…
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OLYMPIA — Senate Democrats are advancing a bill directing state agencies to base their rules, enforcement actions and funding decisions on “environmental justice.”
A 35,000-square-foot storage warehouse containing about $8 million worth of packed pears was destroyed by fire, but firefighters saved much more.
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Washington snowpack fell slightly from Feb. 25 to March 4 but basically is holding steady. It is being helped by cold temperatures but could drop quickly if temperatures warm and there’s not m…
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OLYMPIA — The Senate Ways and Means Committee has endorsed new fees for Washington farmers who hire H-2A foreign guestworkers, passing a bill that has drawn more vocal opposition from agricult…
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OLYMPIA — Washington lawmakers and the state Department of Agriculture are taking down barriers to growing hemp in time for spring planting, though how much farmers will pay in the future for …
OLYMPIA — Three Washington ranching groups on Monday endorsed raising a slate of fees to stop the state Department of Agriculture from shutting down its brand-inspection program.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington says elk hoof disease has been found in animals in the Blue Mountains.
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Joe Parypa, noted auctioneer and co-owner of the Chehalis Livestock Market in southwest Washington, died Feb. 21 at a Tacoma hospital, 12 days after he was struck by a bull. He was 63.
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — A team of Washington State University researchers is hoping to take a bite out of the gluten-free market by creating a variety of wheat with disease-fighting enymzes bake…
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GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say snowpack levels in northern Idaho and Washington have improved over the last month, but both states could still be heading for an abnormally dry summer.
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OLYMPIA — A northeast Washington legislator Friday laid out for the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee the state of ranching in wolf country.
The new executive director of the Tilth Alliance says she is “incredibly impressed” with the Washington farmers she’s met.
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Bill described as an "attack" on Washington state farmers.
Justin Webb, executive director of the Foundation for Wildlife Management in Ponderay, Idaho, will speak to the Spokane County Citizens Alliance for Property Rights at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at the…
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OLYMPIA — Two Thurston Conservation District supervisors accused of intimidating staff members and gumming up district finances were ousted from office Wednesday by the Washington State Conser…
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RIMINI, Mont. (AP) — Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the U.S. and into surr…
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OLYMPIA — Under a bill introduced Tuesday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife would have a little over a year to decide whether wolves are in the state to stay.
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Owners of 13 to 15 dairies near Sunnyside, Wash., deal with about $4 million in direct loss of dead cows from a blizzard, not counting lost milk production.
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OLYMPIA — Democrats are moving ahead with climate-change legislation championed by Gov. Jay Inslee. Meanwhile, two Republican-sponsored bills to prevent farmers and food processors from losing…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., and a Texas colleague joined several dreamer advocacy groups in a press conference, Feb. 13, pushing for legislative action to legalize people who came to the …
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OLYMPIA — A bill to compensate farmers for elk-damaged pastures only nibbles at the problems faced by eastern Skagit County, Wash., ranchers, the measure’s sponsor said Friday.
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OLYMPIA — For at least three years, Washington farmers won’t pay new state fees to hire foreign farmworkers, but could be charged as much as $75 per H-2A worker beginning in 2022, under a plan…
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A Washington tree fruit company sold for at least $288 million, maybe more, in a deal with a Canadian teacher’s pension fund.
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More than 1,600 dairy cows died in a blizzard in Eastern Washington, Feb. 9. The final tally is likely to top 1,700.
Farmers will have a chance to help the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service identify funding priorities during an upcoming series of meetings.
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OLYMPIA — A new fee on foreign labor advocated by the Washington Employment Security Department and labor activists will worsen a worker shortage and leave more crops unharvested, two farmers …
Summary: A bill to improve water management and supply in the Yakima Basin has been introduced in the U.S. House while a companion measure moves in the Senate.
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OLYMPIA — Support was strong at a Senate hearing for spending public funds to spread the benefits of high-seed internet, but many questions remain such as how much money will be available and …
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OLYMPIA — Washington’s cattle industry has yet to agree on a plan to sustain brand inspections, a program that’s heading toward a million-dollar deficit and might be closed down, according to …
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A rancher has reported the shooting of a wolf chasing cattle Monday evening in Adams County in Eastern Washington, an area where there are no known wolfpacks.
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Washington snowpack started the year a little below normal and fell even further during a dry January. An NRCS state water supply specialist thinks it will bounce back up in the next month or two.
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OLYMPIA — Washington farmers could be compensated for damage to irrigation equipment and pastures by elk and deer under legislation introduced Monday.
When Jerry Robinson started at the Washington Crop Improvement Association 14 years ago, there were about 80 seed varieties in inventory.
Washington legislators are considering bills to provide FFA memberships to all students enrolled in agricultural education classes.
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Witnesses will testify at a hearing Feb. 20 in Olympia on whether two Thurston Conservation District supervisors should be removed from office, Washington State Conservation Commission Interim…
OLYMPIA — A northeast Washington lawmaker has proposed constructing fuel breaks on public lands to keep wildfires from rolling along until they run into something like a road or river.
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OLYMPIA — House and Senate bills now agree on removing two major barriers to the cultivation of hemp in Washington.
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OLYMPIA — Distress over orcas has invigorated a push to give the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife more power to penalize landowners and immediately stop projects that might affect salmon.
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OLYMPIA — An Eastern Washington legislator has introduced a bill to release wolves on a Puget Sound island, mocking a proposal to prohibit the state Department of Fish and Wildlife from killin…
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OLYMPIA — Washington farmers are pushing back against a proposal by the state Employment Security Department to collect new fees from growers and hire 14 new employees to beef up state oversig…