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According to NASS, as of August 1st, Washington apple production is forecast at 6.50 billion pounds, down 4% from last year's production.  Washington ranks number one in apple production, accounting for 64% of the U.S. production this year.  Me...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is asking the farming and non-farming community to keep an eye out for a potentially destructive pest. The Department said the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) may have been observed in the Omak region recently, but entomologists could not confirm that report ...

Over the weekend, a seven member jury awarded a Missouri peach farmer $265 million in a case against Bayer and BASF.  Bill Bader alleges the herbicide Dicamba ruined thousands of his trees back in 2015 and 2016, when the chemical drifted from a neighboring cotton field.  ...

The USDA released their August crop production forecast this past Friday and the Northwest is looking like it will see mostly larger yields in 2016 than 2015.   Some of the highlights include dry beans increasing by 20,000 acres in both Washington and Idaho, barley production in Washington up 63 percent from 2015 though Idaho will see a slight decline, corn production up 12 percent in Washington a