Mt. Vernon

Washington State University said stripe rust was discovered around the Mt. Vernon area earlier this month. The wheat stripe rust, discovered April 13th-14th, was up to 60% severity on susceptible varieties, while barley stripe rust was up to 40% severity in susceptible varieties ...

Four dairies across the Evergreen State will share $970,000 to improve anaerobic digester efforts. On Tuesday, the Washington state Department of Commerce announced the grants from the Clean Energy Fund under the Dairy Digester Enhancement Program. Four proposed ...

Farms across the country have policies in place to keep farmworkers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the Washington Bulb Company, outside of Mt. Vernon, more than 70 million cut flowers are shipped all over the U.S. annually. At its peak, the farm employees roughly 500 employees, but has around 200 employees year-round ...

If you own a historic barn, the state of Washington would like to help you keep that heritage location.  The Washington State Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation is now accepting applications for funding through the Heritage Barn Rehabilitation Grant Program.  This i...

Officials say a fire at a Mount Vernon farm killed about 14,000 chickens that were about two weeks old.  A Draper Valley Farms spokesman said the fire started in one of the farm's chicken houses.  Mount Vernon Fire Chief Bryan Brice said firefighters were called Monday evening to the blaze.  He said...