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Local food entrepreneurs are about to get a significant boost, thanks to $3.4 million aimed at tackling common hurdles they face.

As bird flu continues to affect countless flocks, hear how simple practices can protect both our backyard birds and commercial operations.

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

While it may not be the peak of migration season, there’s still waterfowl moving across the Northwest. And that means the threat of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza remains elevated.

Thanks to an atmospheric river from the Pacific, portions of Washington, especially western Washington, have delt with record flooding over the past week.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in three additional domestic flocks: a first-time detection in Island County and second detections in Jefferson and Lewis counties

Last month, state departments of agriculture nationwide were put on alert after an outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus/Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy was connected to a barrel racing and rodeo event down in Texas and Oklahoma.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture confirmed this week new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in domestic flocks in Jefferson, San Juan, and Clark counties

The Northwest rodeo community and horse owners are being warned of an outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus, better known as EHV.