Pacific Northwest Ag Network

While the lame-duck session of Congress represents one last chance at a farm bill, industry experts say it would require compromise on a number of tricky issues.  Farm Policy News said it would require House and Senate leaders to agree on spending in quite a few important areas.   ...

The USDA and HHS announce new steps to help reduce the impact of H5N1 for humans, dairy operations, and other food items.

APHIS allocates $12 million for states, tribes, and universities to combat chronic wasting disease in deer and elk.

A University of Idaho meat science research team has secured a large federal grant to provide training for beginning ranchers throughout the Northwest.

Columbia Snake River Irrigators Association backs proposed agreement to bring close to thirty years of court action to a close. Agreement will be in effect for at least five to ten years.

Beginning in late December, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the 2024 Commercial Floriculture Survey with approximately 1,100 producers throughout Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

Today, the John Deere Foundation is celebrating 75 years of supporting families who live, work, and learn in John Deere home communities and around the world.

Grants will be used to serve high quality, nutritious and culturally relevant foods grown, raised, caught or foraged by producers in Washington state.

WSDA Pest Program Manager Sven Spichiger says the community is the solution to eradicating the beetle, and that working together is necessary. Reports suggest WSDA is making progress with approximately half of the proposed treatment areas allowing them to treat properties for the beetle.

ODA and ODFW announce the closure of razor clam harvesting from Cape Blanco to the California border due to rising levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid.