Northwest Ag Today

Without a real winter to slow things down, weeds like Italian rye and wild oats came in wave after wave across central Idaho farmland, leaving growers scrambling to spray before their crops could even get going.

Kaylyn Bozeman, the 2025-2026 Washington FFA Reporter, says she would like to see ag advocacy start much earlier in school then it currently is.

The USDA is forecasting more milk and lower dairy prices heading into 2026 and 2027, with a growing U.S. dairy herd driving production up by about 1.5 billion pounds year over year.

In a lot of rural communities, there's only one internet provider, and it's a small local company. A new Senate bill wants to cut the red tape those providers face so they can grow faster.

Ranchers who lose animals to protected predators like wolves or bears will now get 100 percent of market value reimbursed under updated federal livestock programs — up from 75 percent.

American fruit and vegetable growers lost more than 7 billion dollars in 2025, and the losses are expected to keep climbing through 2027 as prices fall short of what it costs to grow the crops.

Central Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse, a farmer himself, says the current farm economy is among the worst he can remember — and most farmers polled this year feel elected officials don't understand why.