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Grains & Row Crops

Skagit Delta farmers suffer setback in court

A federal judge in Seattle ruled that repairing a 140-year-old tidegate that protects 200 acres of farmland in ...

Rural Life

Brothers welcome first asparagus harvest as Washington acreage hits ‘all-time low’

ELTOPIA, Wash. — Jeremy and Zach Ward have been waiting three years to harvest their asparagus for the ...

Washington

Washington lawmakers raise taxes, pass budget, adjourn

OLYMPIA — Washington Democrats raised taxes on fuel, property, businesses, capital gains, estates, recreation, Tesla and more, then ...

Orchard, Nuts & Vines

Nursery industry group pledges $600k for WSU plant growth facility

The Northwest Nursery Improvement Institute has pledged $600,000 to Washington State University’s plant growth facility to ensure the ...

News

Legislature tees up fuel price hikes in Washington

OLYMPIA — Once the Legislature adjourns, Washington gasoline and diesel prices will rise two ways — suddenly, then ...

FFA/4-H

Washington teen wrangles cattle efficiency, public perception

RITZVILLE, Wash. — Alyssa Williams’ earliest memory is sitting on her father’s shoulders overlooking a pen of bred ...

Water

New EL 86.4 system begins irrigation water delivery

The EL 86.4 system is delivering Columbia River surface water to farmers in the Odessa subarea via the ...

Livestock

Junior Livestock Show of Spokane turns 90

SPOKANE — It’s one of the longest-running youth livestock shows in the nation. The Junior Livestock Show of ...

Grains & Row Crops

Conditions favorable for stripe rust in coming weeks

Eastern Pacific Northwest wheat farmers who planted winter wheat varieties that are moderately susceptible or susceptible to stripe ...

Orchard, Nuts & Vines

Washington vineyard, accused of favoring foreign workers, pays $180K

An Eastern Washington apple and wine grape farm will pay $180,000 to settle allegations it discriminated against domestic ...

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