small farms

The Center for Latino Farmers will host a Conference on Thursday in Yakima.  Organizers said "Family Farms and Successes," is geared toward farmers, ranchers and other farm operators.   The Farm Conference runs from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m...

The Center for Latino Farmers will host a Conference on Thursday in Yakima.  Organizers said "Family Farms and Successes," is geared toward farmers, ranchers and other farm operators.   The Farm Conference runs from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m...

Peter Siwick was a bio-technologist who lost his job in the economy collapse of a few years ago, and he decided he was going to become a farmer.   But, Siwick had only seven acres of land and had to understand how to succeed on so little ground.  ...

A bill introduced by Representative Beth Doglio would help define smaller farms with the same definitions in terms of property taxes as large farms so they could get the same breaks.   “It’s a property tax incentive program basically to try and keep as much farm land here in Washington State as we can in ag.”   Curren...

The 17th Annual Oregon Small Farms Conference takes place February 18th, but for those looking to save some money can register prior to January 25th for a pre-registration discount of $25.   OSU Director for Small Farms Garry Stephenson said they offer many different tracks to help a wide variety of producers.  ...