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Last week, the Washington Apple Education Foundation announced the winners of the 2025 Year of the Apple Art Contest sponsored by Corteva Agriscience.  This year, 45 submissions were received from high school students across central Washington.  Entries...

Last week, Tyler Price was elected chairman of the Washington Apple Education Foundation Board of Directors.  Price was elected at the Foundation’s annual meeting held at Central Washington University Thursday.  Price is a fourth-generation tree fruit grower and the CEO of Price Cold Storage & Packing Co. in Yakima, WA.   WAEF ...

Washington State University will host its Tree Fruit Soil Health Workshop: SoilCon on Thursday, February 27th.  The 3 ½ hour event will focus on :  What is tree fruit soil health? What is the new Soil Health Initiative? Soil health manage ... Read More ...

Safety and education will be front and center at a pair of events this month in Central Washington.  Ag Safety Days, put on by the Washington State Governor's Industrial Safety & Health Advisory Board, are among the largest agricultural health and safety training events in the state.  Each year h...

The U.S. Apple Association announced the newest members of its leadership development program, the NextGen Apple Fellowship, last week, and several come from the Northwest.  Those selected to participate in the 2025 class include:      Julieta Castillo -- Marketing Coordinator Superfresh Growers (Yakima, WA) Zachary Cohen -- Sales Cohen Produce Marketing (Shiremanstown, PA) William Gant -- Produc

The message at last month’s 99th annual Washington Cattlemen’s Association meeting in Wenatchee was a positive one, for both producers and the non-ag community alike.  Chelsea Hajny, Executive Vice President of the WCA, said now is a good time to be in the cow business.   ‘We don't al...

On Wednesday, USDA’s Rural Housing Administrator Joaquin Altoro announced that more than $4 million in grants and loans will be used to repair and rehabilitate farmworker housing in Central Washington.     “The funding we’re announcing today will provide safe, modern homes for those who work hard to feed our nation, while also creating jobs for tradespeople who will build and restore these homes,”

Congratulations to Washington State University entomologist Elizabeth Beers, who was named an Entomological Society Fellow this summer.  For nearly four decades, Beers has worked to stop insect pests that spread damage and disease in Pacific Northwest apple, cherry, and pear orchards while training the next generation of scientists.    ...

Michael Schadler will take over for Todd Fryhover, who's retiring after 18 years with the commission.

Things will change in a big way starting tomorrow and Thursday.