OLYMPIA — The momentum to ban chlorpyrifos in Washington may stall in the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. The chairman, Rep. Brian Blake, said Wednesday that he's uncomfortable with legislators prohibiting the pesticide. Instead, Blake, D-Aberdeen, said he wants the state …
Chipping potatoes allowed into China from three Northwest states starting with this year's crop. Deal two decades in making.
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Washington state environmentalists, farmers, tribal leaders and public utility officials are awaiting a federal report concerning whether four Snake River dams can coexis…
The Washington State Board of Health is taking comments on a proposal that could lead to fines against ranchers, farmers and other animal owners for stockpiling manure too close to a well, dit…
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon wants to kill the supermarket checkout line.
Farmer-owned Shepherd's Grain tests new varieties of wheat in a bread "bake test" to determine what its growers will plant in the future.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Potato farmers in a Washington county suffered big losses after they were unable to harvest some of their crops due to early and heavy rainfall.
Washington dairies are asking a federal appeals court to strike down a 7-year-old order that has required Lower Yakima Valley dairies to take extra measures to keep manure from polluting groundwater.
JACKSON, Wyo (AP) — While wineries in California are spending money on giant refrigeration rigs to cold-stabilize their wine, Jackson Hole Winery just opens its doors.
Totals lower in Idaho, Oregon, up slightly in Washington
Washington wolf advocates scored a court victory Thursday, as a judge in Seattle said he will take another look at whether Fish and Wildlife's wolf-removal protocol violates the State Environm…
The Washington State Department of Agriculture's pesticide-safety training program was honored recently at the Pesticide Stewardship Alliance's national conference in San Antonio, Texas.
Eric Snodgrass, principal atmospheric scientist for Nutrien Ag Solutions, says March will likely be in dry in Washington state.
OLYMPIA — Washington Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz said Feb. 20 that 100,000 acres of fire-prone forests should be thinned annually in Central and Eastern Washington, a project she said will…
MONROE, Wash. (AP) — Emergency services in Washington state have started to prepare an emergency response plan after a mudslide blocked a private access road residents rely on to get to town.
OLYMPIA — The Washington Senate shortened and then passed what remained of a labor bill Tuesday that was vehemently opposed by farm groups.
A bill asking meat suppliers to package beef as either "USA" or "imported" passed the Washington House by a wide margin Tuesday.
A partial ban on chlorpyrifos would be paired with more money to train pesticide applicators and help growers find alternatives to the widely used but besieged chemical, under a bill passed Mo…
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's support for breaching four Snake River dams as a long-term goal has sparked a strong rebuke from the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association.
Washington House Democrats passed a bill Sunday declaring climate change an "existential threat" and mandating a carbon-neutral state by 2050.
The Washington Senate unanimously approved and sent to the House a bill Monday to create a new program to help farmers improve the health of their soil.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has been awarded a grant to study how elk herds move through a northern Idaho migration corridor also used by grizzly bears and wolverines.
SEATTLE (AP) — Recent rain has damaged some salmon hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest, Washington state wildlife experts said.
Lobbyist Ben Buchholz, having grown up on a family farm, continuing to work summers on that small farm and seeing how hard it is to make a living, has a well-rounded perspective on lawmaking a…
The TV show "Washington Grown" has been renewed for an eighth season. There are still plenty of stories to tell, says Washington Potato Commission executive director Chris Voigt.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Advocates for cleaning up a former nuclear weapons production site in Washington state are outraged that the Trump administration is proposing a $700 million budget cut n…
A northeast Washington sheriff has offered to help Fish and Wildlife trap and collar wolves, a proposal the state agency says it's considering but hasn't accepted.
A bill urging Washington Fish and Wildlife to put radio collars on more wolves has been loosened, making electronically tracking livestock-attacking packs a priority for the department rather …
The calf was in a fenced private pasture and was reported dead by a rancher Feb. 3, the department said Monday.
OLYMPIA — Washington farm and environmental groups have agreed on legislation to fund on-farm projects that reduce carbon emissions.
A Washington state Senate committee Thursday recommended partially banning chlorpyrifos, acting on the same day as California's prohibition on selling the pesticide took effect.
Fairfield wheat grower Marci Green, a past president for the Washington Association of Wheat Growers and current QQQQ for the National Association of Wheat Growers, received the Excellence in …
OLYMPIA — A panel of farmers told Washington senators this week that cap-and-trade would hurt their businesses by driving up production costs.
This session, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is going all-out in urging lawmakers to get more ambitious about climate change. Cap and trade, low-carbon fuels and vastly expanding the Department of…
Fish and Wildlife wants more collars in some packs to steer cattle from danger, but wolves are too hard to capture for the department to meet a quota.
The beef industry's civil war over country-of-origin labels has come to the Washington Legislature, where an unusually long and politically varied list of lawmakers are sponsoring a bill to re…
Art Douglas, a fixture at the Spokane Ag Show, predicts a La Nina is on the way. That means normal to above normal precipitation for the Pacific Northwest.
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle cannabis farm owner was accused of operating a Ponzi scheme that took in $4.85 million from at least two dozen investors in Washington, Arizona, California and Texas.
A bill to partially prohibit chlorpyrifos has been loosened to allow more Washington growers to use the pesticide, drawing criticism from advocates of a total ban, while failing to win over fa…
A Northeast Washington legislator has introduced a bill directing the department to collar more wolves with radio transmitters, especially in packs that have attacked livestock.
Olympia, Wash. (AP) — The Washington House has narrowly passed a measure that would require fuel producers and importers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with gasoline and other t…
In her first media interview, new Washington Department of Ecology director Laura Watson talks about working with farmers and ranchers, climate change resiliency and environmental protection a…
Washington State University has filed a lawsuit accusing a fruit packer and associated orchard company of violating its patent for an apple cultivar.
Washington researchers want to determine whether the amount of damage lygus bugs cause potato growers is enough to warrant insecticide applications.
Colorado potato beetle are resistant to pesticides everywhere in the world – except for the Pacific Northwest. An entomologist from Georgia wanted to find out why.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republican state legislators have introduced a bill, which includes a pilot hatchery project in Bellingham, that they believe will help increase the salmon population and…
Tribal-treaty rights make salmon akin to a fourth branch of government in Washington, and fish recovery should guide farming near water, and rural and economic development, according to a bill…
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Even a little bit of potato virus Y can cost growers a lot of money, a potato expert says.
Demand solid after holiday season. Shipments lag totals from previous year's strong crop.
Relationships, physical well-being and self affirmation are important components in reducing stress.
Washington State University potato agronomist Rick Knowles will retire in February after 20 years.
Legislation in Washington state would require makers of veggie burgers and other meat substitutes to label packages with a disclaimer that they have no meat.
Industry leaders look at some of the challenges and opportunities facing potato growers and processors.
House Bill 2498 sets out a formula for paying producers whose leases are terminated early.
The mandate probably would inspire lawsuits, claiming cities and counties weren't making their residents release less greenhouse gas, the lobbyists said.
