Klickitat

Powers Named To WAWG Board of Directors
Powers Named To WAWG Board of Directors
Powers Named To WAWG Board of Directors
The Washington Association of Wheat Growers has a new board member.   Mitchell Powers, a 6th generation dryland wheat farmer and cattle rancher from the Bickleton area in Klickitat County recently joined the board.  A graduate of Washington State University with a degree in Ag technology management, Mitchell also volunteers with the local fire department and serves on the school board.   ... Read
Washington Congressional Delegation Calls for Agriculture Disaster Declaration
Washington Congressional Delegation Calls for Agriculture Disaster Declaration
Washington Congressional Delegation Calls for Agriculture Disaster Declaration
On Friday, Senators Maria Cantwell, Patty Murray and Representative Dan Newhouse as well as the rest of the Washington congressional delegation called on the USDA to declare a federal agriculture disaster for 12 counties.  The lawmakers called on Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue to declare counties where crops were damaged or destroyed by unseasonably cold weather.  ...