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The Washington State Department of Agriculture and the state Tree Fruit Association will offer the latest round of the Agricultural Leadership Program next month.

The State Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a 4.9% rise in the average hourly rate employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance in 2026.

The Washington Apple Education Foundation announced last week it is sending over 300 students off to college this fall with scholarship awards totaling over $1 million

The Trump administration is making another run at reforming the way H-2A minimum wage rates for farmworkers are set

Specialty crop growers scored, what many have called "a significant win" last week when the USDA announced its intention to discontinue the Farm Labor Survey.

After winning his new Alberta riding by-election last month, Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre will now return to the floor of Parliament in mid-September.

What changes to the H-2A program would the tree fruit industry like to see? We put that question before Jon DeVaney of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association.

Finding enough labor is a key concern for U.S. agriculture, especially in the fruit and vegetable sector.

Last week, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Maxine Dexter introduced the Farmworker Smoke and Excessive Heat Protection Act.

White House border czar Tom Homan said last week that the Trump administration is considering possible changes to its immigration enforcement policy.