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It’s a common story every legislative session in Washington; Olympia just doesn’t understand what farmers go through these days.  And that’s an easy narrative to believe, especially with fewer and fewer Americans having a connection to rural life, let alone agriculture.  But that means the Washin...

The Northwest will be well represented on the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors.  Rosella Mosby, Washington Farm Bureau State President, was elected to the to the AFBF Board during this week’s Convention in San Antonio, TX.  Mosby joins t...

The Washington Farm Bureau announced last month that two of its members have been appointed to leadership roles within the American Farm Bureau Federation.   Jonathan Quigley, from the Clark-Cowlitz Farm Bureau, has been selected to serve on the AFBF Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) Committee.  Jonathan i...

Late last week, the Washington Farm Bureau announced its encodement of Dr. Kim Schrier to represent Washington’s 8th Congressional district.   "I am deeply honored to have earned the endorsement of the Washington Farm Bureau," Schrier noted. "As chair...

The Washington farm bureau is reminding everyone about equipment safety in the fields and orchards.   “Accidents involving implements take only milliseconds to cause serious injury or death. They're completely preventable,” noted WSFB Safety Director Dominique Damian.  She added that the basic...

In 2023. farmers and truckers of agricultural goods in Washington started paying a Climate Commitment Act fuel tax that, even through, by law, they are exempt.  Since then, Ag groups have been pushing for a fix to this exemption problem, with little help from the Department of Ecology.   “So, ...

Last week, the Washington Farm Bureau filed a friend of the court with the Building Industry Association of Washington over the new rules, and powers, offered to the state Department of Labor and Industries under Governor Jay Inslee’s Proclamation 20-57. The ...

Like everyone else out there, farmers have questions regarding how the coronavirus has changed and will change day-to-day operations. The Washington Farm Bureau is there to fill in the gap. Bailey Peters with WSFB said over the past couple of weeks, they have greatly expanded their on-line resources specific to COVID-19 and what it means to producers across the state ...

Looking at the 2020 Washington legislative session, scheduled to get underway in a few weeks, what concerns Tom Davis with the Washington Farm Bureau?  The continued push for a Low Carbon Fuel standard in Olympia.   "A lot of the conservation and environmental groups in the state have placed the low carbon fuel standard as their #1 priority.  And whe...

Last week, the Washington Farm Bureau announced state leadership for the upcoming year.  Mike LaPlant was re-elected President of the WSFB.  The Ephrata hay farmer has served as President since 2011; before being elected as president, LaPlant served the organization as Vice President of Policy Development.   ...