agriculture

About 3,700 farms closed in Washington within five years. Today, farmers are struggling to keep their farms open. They point to high labor costs, government regulations and market pressures, causing some to consolidate operations or sell off land and end production.

Washington regulators want your thoughts on jet fuel that could be made from things like oilseeds or greases.

While immigration enforcement is affecting Central Washington communities, it isn’t reducing Yakima Valley harvest numbers this fall, agriculture industry leaders say.

One county in south-central Washington state has become a hub for renewable energy development. It’s divided people living in Klickitat County – those who welcome development and those who steadfastly oppose it. People are still waiting on new rules for future renewable projects.

A well-known farm labor organizer in Washington’s Skagit Valley has decided to give up his deportation fight for now and return to Mexico.

In a small Idaho community, one farmer has carved out a truly different way of living. He’s growing produce off-the-grid for local buyers.

Cherry growers say the threat of deportations under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is keeping the migrant workforce they rely on this time of year from showing up to work. They describe an increasingly urgent labor crisis that could leave cherries rotting in the field, and farmers holding the bill.

Inky black ravens light on newly seeded ground.Andy Juris is planting spring soft white wheat at an elevation of 3,000 feet outside of Bickleton,…

(Runtime 2:47) At one of the largest blueberry farms in the U.S., there are rows and rows of bushes to the horizon. “This variety here is Draper,” said…

(Runtime 3:59)The first person showed up at 6:50 a.m., more than an hour before the store opened. The third person to arrive was Steve Irwin.“You gotta…