The Washington Supreme Court has ruled the Department of Ecology correctly applied a law that purportedly exempts farmers from cap-and-trade taxes. The court rejected claims by the Washington Farm ...

Lakin, Kan., wheat farmer Gary Millershaski has assumed the chairman title on the U.S. Wheat Associates board of directors. Millershaski will serve a one-year term. He replaces North Dakota farmer Jim ...

The American Dairy Coalition applauded the June 30 introduction of the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act in the U.S.… ...

Bayer AG has petitioned the International Trade Commission to impose antidumping tariffs on China glyphosate makers, claiming Chinese… ...

Mexico’s berry harvest is forecast to increase 4% to 1.2 million metric tons in 2026 and nearly half of production is headed to the U.S., according to a USDA report. The increase is due to new ...

Grant County, Wash., farmers opposed to having a major transmission line on their property have a problem: It’s easier for the local utility to condemn private land than cut through the red tape to ...

Washington ranked last in the nation in 2024 for financial returns to farm operators, and the picture isn’t likely to vastly improve for 2025, a Washington State University financial advisor says.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek declared drought emergencies for five more Oregon counties — Douglas, Gilliam, Harney, Lake and Malheur. Nearly half of Oregon’s 36 counties now have emergency drought status ...

Urban development isn’t yet encroaching on Northwoods Nursery near Molalla, Ore., but owner Jim Gilbert isn’t taking any chances. To preserve the 66-acre property as farmland in perpetuity, Gilbert is ...

After decades of dairying in Mount Vernon, Wash., the Kuipers family relocated to Oregon’s Tillamook County in 2019, selling their entire operation and purchasing a turnkey dairy — cows, equipment and ...

A recent graduate from Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine says she raised concerns about the use of “terminal laboratories” in WSU’s large animal curriculum due to a “lack of ...

The 2024-2025 U.S. pistachio crop is forecast at 1.1 billion pounds in-shell, its third largest harvest — and that’s for an “off” year with alternate bearing production. With more acreage than ever ...