Washington Farm Bureau

In an effort to encourage more farmers to see the value of the organization and to join, the Washington Farm Bureau recently created the Promotion and Education Committee. Chairman Kady Porterfield said it’s vital, regardless of commodity or location, that farmers statewide work together. She ...

Washington’s Farm Bureau is under new management. During last month’s annual meeting in Yakima, members selected Rosella Mosby as the new President. The King County farmer said one of her immediate priorities as President, is to reinvigorate the organization at the grassroots level. “Th ...

Transitioning a farm from one generation to the next has been challenging for a variety of reasons since the profession started. But farms that fail to plan for the future often fail in a variety of ways. To help make that transition from the current generation to the next a bit easier, the Washington state Farm Bureau is working with a new program call ”Coming Home to Farm”, to promote an open

The Washington state Farm Bureau has named Representative Larry Hoff and Senator Curtis King as the organization’s Legislators of the Year. The WSFB says the awards were handed out because of Hoff’s and King’s leadership and dedication to working on key issues important to Farm Bureau Members. As the hi ...

Saying “better late than never”, the Washington Farm Bureau and the Washington Farm Labor Association are breathing a sigh of relief, after Governor Jay Inslee, the State Department of Labor and the Health Department revised emergency housing rules for farmworkers. WAFLA Exe ...

Late last week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced the state had relaxed some of the COVID-19 emergency rules for farm workers. One of the biggest changes means fully vaccinated farmworkers living in temporary housing no longer need to wear masks ...

The American Farm Bureau Federation is one of many ag groups calling on the Biden Administration to act responsibly when it comes to conservation. Biden’s goal to conserve at least 30% of U.S. land and water by 2030, commonly known as “30X30,” is raising many questions. April Clayton w ...

Earlier this month, the Washington Farm Bureau and WAFLA filed suit against the state of Washington for continually using emergency regulations during the coronavirus pandemic, rather than going through the legal rule making process. John Stuhlmiller, Farm Bureau CEO said by continually using emergency rules, farmers had to address provisions that were not fair or reasonable ...

Last week, a variety of leaders from across the Washington Ag community sent a letter to Governor Jay Inslee, asking that farm and factory food workers move closer to the front of the COVID-19 vaccine line. Saying those workers perform jobs that cannot be done remotely or delayed, leaders from the Washington Farm Bureau, Potato Commission, Cattlemen’s Association and many others said this slight

The Washington farm community is already preparing to fight several pieces of low carbon legislation expected during the 2021 session. The Washington Farm Bureau’s Bre Elsey says roughly 75% of the proposals expected this session are bills from the past that failed to gain needed support in Olympia. How ...