Washington

Washington's apple harvest is coming in smaller this year, but the state still dominates national production by a wide margin.

Toppenish held a special feeder cattle sale Tuesday with nearly 1,700 head on the block. Stocker steers moved steady to $12 higher, while the market showed mixed signals on heifers depending on weight.

Washington wheat growers are facing real uncertainty now that the farm bill expired. They need Congress to act fast so they can plan ahead without guessing.

McCurley Chevrolet in Pasco just became a Certified Agriculture Dealership, opening up real savings for farmers across the Northwest through the AgPack program.

The BLM is using fire as a tool this fall to reduce wildfire risk and restore healthy forests across the region.

The Pacific Northwest is having better luck with winter wheat than much of the country. Washington state is actually ahead of pace, though Idaho is struggling to keep up.

Controlled burns are underway near Glenwood as the state clears forest debris and works to prevent the kind of catastrophic wildfires that threaten the region.

The Couse pack has killed or injured livestock repeatedly. Now the state wildlife director says additional lethal removals is the answer.

Fewer acres planted meant lower production numbers, though individual farms managed to squeeze out better yields from their fields.

Researchers used thousands of photos and artificial intelligence to map how switchgrass flowers across America. They found that specific genes respond to local temperatures, giving plant breeders a roadmap to develop varieties that thrive.