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Expect Higher Prices For Christmas Trees This Year
Expect Higher Prices For Christmas Trees This Year
Expect Higher Prices For Christmas Trees This Year
If you are out hunting for a real Christmas tree this year experts say with tight supplies of available trees, the sooner you do your tree hunting the better.  But it does look like everybody who wants a real tree will be able to have one but finding one a few days before Christmas might be challenging.  Now whe...
Focus On Fruit for 06/09/22
Focus On Fruit for 06/09/22
Focus On Fruit for 06/09/22
In today's Focus On Fruit, B.J. Thurlby talks about the impact new overtime requirements are having on the local fruit industry. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com
Organic Dairy Farms See Slower Productivity Growth Than Conventional
Organic Dairy Farms See Slower Productivity Growth Than Conventional
Organic Dairy Farms See Slower Productivity Growth Than Conventional
According to new data from USDA’s Economic Research Service, Organic dairy farm production growth is slower than conventional operations. Productivity is measured as total factor productivity, the ratio of the total amount of goods produced relative to all the inputs—such as labor, fertilizer, and other costs—used to produce those goods. USDA researcher ...
January Red Meat Exports Off Year-Over-Year, But Halstrom Is Encouraged
January Red Meat Exports Off Year-Over-Year, But Halstrom Is Encouraged
January Red Meat Exports Off Year-Over-Year, But Halstrom Is Encouraged
According to the U.S. Meat Export Federation, while beef exports opened 2021 lower than figures reported a year earlier, the decrease was marginal. USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom noted beef exports totaled 105,000 metric tons in January, down 2% from a year ago, while value slipped three percent to $653 million ...
Cantwell: USMCA Can Serve As A Roadmap
Cantwell: USMCA Can Serve As A Roadmap
Cantwell: USMCA Can Serve As A Roadmap
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee voted 25-3 to advance USMCA.  Washington’s Maria Cantwell a senior member on the committee, said the updated NAFTA can serve as a roadmap of where the U.S. needs to go when it comes to future trade agreements.  While US...
Newhouse Feels Farm Bill Moving In The Right Direction
Newhouse Feels Farm Bill Moving In The Right Direction
Newhouse Feels Farm Bill Moving In The Right Direction
Representative Dan Newhouse is touring his Central Washington district this week, discussing the Farm Bill with growers and farmers.  He said the biggest concerns from local farmers is research dollars, keeping markets open and accessible, as well as labor.  ...
Dairy Farming Desperate for Immigration Reform
Dairy Farming Desperate for Immigration Reform
Dairy Farming Desperate for Immigration Reform
Next to the cost of feeding their animals, the cost of labor on dairy farms will always take up a large share of the budget.  But what are producers to do with labor costs continually moving higher?  A MilkBusiness.com article says labor costs will rise in the new year.  As of January 1st...
WAFLA To Hold Two Labor Discussion Events
WAFLA To Hold Two Labor Discussion Events
WAFLA To Hold Two Labor Discussion Events
WAFLA will hold a pair of labor and H2A discussions over the next two days.  The first will take place Tuesday at the Frenchman Hills Barn in Royal City, from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.  The second will take place Wednesday from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m...

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