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Today we move in to a "special overtime session" of Northwest Farm Credit Services’ quarterly commodity snapshot series, as we transition to the nursery and forest products industries. According to Bill Perry, Vice President at NWFCS, lumber processors and timberland owners are expected to be profitable. “R ...

The Idaho state Department of Agriculture’s annual specialty crop block grant program was much more popular in 2020 compared to just a year earlier. ISDA said 17 different projects were awarded $1.8 million, specifically to help specialty crop growers across the state. The ...

Oregon Department of Agriculture officials are nervous after a destructive invasive species was recently discovered. A dead spotted lanternfly, was recently discovered in a shipment of planters and ceramic pots from Pennsylvania. When the insect was discovered the Corvallis-based nursery immediately contacted state officials ...

As we wrap up our six part quarterly commodity snapshot series today, our attention turns to Timber as well as the Nursery and Greenhouse industry. Bill Perry, Vice President at Northwest Farm Credit Services said their 12-month outlook calls for slightly profitable margins for timberland owners and forest products manufacturers ...

The USDA is allocating $1.9 million to Washington, and $1.1 million to Oregon, as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nu ...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture is currently accepting proposals for the USDA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.  Roughly $1.5 million is expected to be available to Ag industry associations, producer groups, processors, commodity commissions, non-profits, for profits, and local government agencies in Oregon.  Funding ...

According to the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Greenhouse and nursery products remain supreme n the Beaver Sate.  Figures compiled by ODA, Oregon State University and NASS, show greenhouse and nursery products had an annual value of nearly a billion dollars in 2018.  No...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is now accepting Concept Proposals for the 2020 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.  WSDA’s program is used to award USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funds for projects that enhance the competitiveness of Washington’s specialty crops.  Projects canno...

Wednesday, May 1st is the final day nursery growers in Washington Oregon and Idaho can apply for crop insurance coverage.  Current policy holder looking to make changes to their existing coverage also have until May 1st to make any changes.  Ac...

The USDA is reminding Northwest nursery growers the final day to apply for crop insurance coverage is May 1st.  If you already have a policy, and wish to make changes, you need to have those recorded by May 1.  Growers applying for the first time may purchase coverage at any time.  The USD...