skagit county

According to the state Department of Ecology, drought conditions continue in central Washington and may be developing in the northern and even western parts of the state.  And the recent Water Supply Availability Committee meeting indicated existing drought conditions are likely to persist through the summer, and in some areas, conditions may worsen. T...

Farmers from across Northwest Washington will fill the Washington State University Northwest Research Center Friday for a day focused on local farming and water issues.  Don McMoran, Director WSU Skagit County Extension, says Friday’s Summit starts at 8:30 a.m. focused on i...

Last week, USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that USDA is partnering with farmers and small businesses to expand access to clean energy and lower energy bills through the Rural Energy for America Program.  The USDA announced $104 million in loans and grants to support over 300 clean energy projects in 34 states.  That in...

FSA has designated half a dozen Washington counties as primary natural disaster areas due to drought.  The designation allows for the FSA to send emergency credit through emergency loans to producers in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Okanagan and Skagit counties.  According to the ...

Dairy producers in Washington's Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish counties, should mark their calendars for August 21st.  That’s when the NW Dairy Nutrient Management Field Day takes place at Coldstream Farms, located at 2304 Valley Hwy, Deming, WA.   Accord...

Small but mighty, the spongy moth can do some major damage to trees and shrubs not only in Washington state but across the country.

The Washington state Department of Agriculture’s annual hunt for pests that threaten the agriculture industry, as well as the environment is underway. The Department is setting up thousands of traps statewide to monitor for the introduction or spread of over 130 invasive pests and diseases, including gypsy moth, Asian giant hornet, apple maggot and Japanese beetle. W ...

British Columbia and U.S. federal and state agencies will work together to track, trap and eradicate Asian giant hornets in the Pacific Northwest. The Asian giant hornet species was first spotted in Northwest Washington in 2019 and agencies have since been on the hunt for the invasive hornets ...

With tulips blooming next month in Washington’s Skagit County crowds are preparing to return to the Tulip Festival. Last year’s event was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but crews look to welcome tourist back to the area this year, but with some restrictions. Both fi ...

On Friday, the Washington Department of Ecology announced that it had secured nearly $3.6 million in federal National Coastal Wetlands Conservation grants to protect about 725 acres of coastal wetlands in Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, and Whatcom counties. Coastal wetl ...