Olympia

A staggering fee hike for shellfish harvesting has lawmakers in Washington raising eyebrows and concerns for local families relying on these waters.

The agricultural community is feeling the strain as state lawmakers consider budget cuts and tax hikes. This could change the landscape of farming in Washington.

The Tree Fruit industry will be Olympia on Wednesday, January 28th to advocate for their livelihood with lawmakers and other in the state capital.

The Washington legislative session is just a few days old, but lawmakers in Olympia already have farm country nervous.

Washington state senator Rebecca Saldaña introduced legislation last week giving agricultural workers statewide the explicit right to organize and negotiate their working conditions through the Public Employment Relations Commission.

U.S. Wheat Associates has tapped a Washington native to maintain and improve trade and relationships in south and southeast Asia.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has scheduled prescribed burns for the Thurston County area this summer.  The Department said the goal of these burns, which will start as early as July 1st is to restore prairie habitat on three wildlife area units.   ...

Are lawmakers in Olympia interested in helping fruit growers across Washington?  We put that question before Jon DeVaney with the Washington State Tree Fruit Association in today's Focus on Fruit.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsqu...

The Washington farming community is being asked to participate in a survey in an effort to help lawmakers better understand the challenges of the Ag industry.  The survey, hosted by the Washington state Department of Agriculture, is open tree fruit, dairy, wheat, potatoes, grapes or hops producers.  The goa...

Ag organizations across the Northwest held events in each of the state capitals celebrating National Ag Day Tuesday.  Megan Anderson the Washington Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Chair was celebrating in Olympia.   “All our legislators and offices have been invited out to shop our commodity market," Anderson said.  "Our Members have donate...