WSDA

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has wrapped up its annual survey of pests that could threaten farms, gardens, parks and forests across the state.

Whether it’s high input costs, a trade war, labor shortages, drought or the government shutdown, much of the news this year as been negative.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture and the state Tree Fruit Association will offer the latest round of the Agricultural Leadership Program next month.

Last week, the Washington State Department of Agriculture confirmed bird flu in a large commercial poultry facility in Moses Lake.

The farming industry is facing a variety of challenges, and some of those challenges are specific to a sector or a commodity, but some are widespread.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has awarded $3,572,200 in Farm to School Purchasing grants for the 2025–2027 biennium.

Earlier this week, the Washington State Department of Agriculture announced the USDA had awarded the Evergreen state $4.2 million through the Specialty Crop Block Grant program.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture said this marks the first known occurrence of this destructive & highly invasive parasitic weed in North America.

The Departments of Agriculture in both Oregon and Washington are recalling wild birdseed containing invasive quarantined weed seeds.

The first case of West Nile Virus this year in Washington has been confirmed in a Yakima County horse.