Small to midlevel farmers in Washington state look stronger than ever despite spiking oil and food prices. Traditionally muscled out by large agribusinesses ? whose capital, infrastructure and federal commodity subsidies enable...

Who the Key Players are in Washington's Ag Business

Prices for soft white wheat are at their highest levels in decades, the result of falling global production and increased demand for grain. That's got retailers east of the Cascades hoping for a surge in buying this fall, Greater...

A Bush administration plan for combating illegal immigration will exacerbate a shortage of farm workers in the Northwest, agricultural groups are complaining.

"Right now, there's an immense level of fear – panic – in...

Buoyed by increasing consumer interest in fresh local foods, farmers markets are sprouting across Washington state, doubling from 60 in 1998 to 120 in operation today, according to state and local agricultural...

A growing hunger in developing nations for Western-style cuisine is supersizing farm exports from the state of Washington.

The state's farmers and food processors sold more than $2.2 billion worth of fruit, vegetables, wheat and...

Back in the late 1950s, dairy farmers in Grays Harbor would haul their malfunctioning pumps from their fields to Jim Vaughan's welding shop. The pumps typically would clog with twine and straw, and word soon spread that Jim could...

In this epoch of globalization, when so much depends on successful trading strategies – and with so many cities, states and provinces marketing themselves as international business centers, just how secure is Washington's...

Washington winter wheat production is expected to reach 119 million bushels this year, a 66-bushel-per-acre yield - respectable but not a record, according to the Capital Press newspaper.

In fact, Washington's winter wheat...

With its sagebrush and rolling hills, parts of the Columbia Basin look vaguely like west Texas - and now the image is becoming complete as the region develops its own burgeoning energy industry. The Port of Walla Walla has...

The amount of certified organic land in Washington rose to 64,325 acres last year, up from 46,181 acres in 2005, according to Washington State University.

The number of certified organic producers grew to 554 last year from 529...

Leonetti Cellar and Woodward Canyon wineries have set the bar for Walla Walla wine

The number of organic dairies is growing at such a rapid clip in Washington and Oregon that farmers are struggling to find enough local suppliers of organic feed and hay to support nearly 30,000 organic milk cows in the two...

Farmers see growing opportunities in cultivating seed crops for biofuels

PULLMAN - Washington State University is one of four schools receiving $5.3 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture money to train Iraqi officials in crop production and marketing. After training, the officials will go on to...

Few people have seen, up close, the ravages of war and what it can do to the land and everything that grows on it - or doesn't grow. But Doug Tunnell, owner and winemaker for Brick House Vineyards in Newberg, Ore., experienced...

WASHINGTON - On October 10th, the Washington state field office of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released data on the value of the state's farm commodities, which reached record highs last year, up nine...

THE PALOUSE - Farmers grappling with higher diesel fuel and fertilizer prices are dedicating more of their commodity acreage to specialty crops such as garbanzo beans, which have high yields and fetch greater prices at...

Washington's apple industry considers mechanizing to compete internationally

Washington's organic production multiplies as mainstream stores buy in