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The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will discuss the invasive European green crab, lower Columbia River white sturgeon, commercial shellfish regulation and much more during a virtual meeting slated for Thursday through Saturday ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture recently commissioned two studies to look at the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on food accessibility and production. The WSDA’s Hector Castro, said the two studies, one conducted by Washington State University, the other by the University of Washington, found while the pandemic created significant challenges for both food access and production, the syst

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the farming community in a variety of ways for the past nine months. But several questions remain regarding the depth of that impact and how farmers plan to overcome. To better understand the COVID-19 impacts on the state’s agriculture community the Washington state Department of Agriculture, the University of Washington and Washington State University have

The top American representative to the United Nations Food Agency's, Kip Tom, says much of this United State's national aid goes to help people in countries in conflict. "Over 65% of the 86 countries we deliver humanitarian aid to is in the midst of a protracted civil conflict Syria Yemen, Somalia, Lebanon, Afghanistan, a crosses the hill of Africa," Tom recently noted ...

Stemilt announced Thursday, the hiring of a new Chief Financial Officer. Cristian Wulf joins the Wenatchee-based company after 32 years in various senior management roles at Accenture, a professional services company that specializes in management and strategy consulting, technology services, and outsourcing ...

Ask the University of Washington, and they’ll tel you that the upcoming wildfire season, does not appear to be dire. “Looking at all the best models and, you know, I’m looking at the European Center and some of the really, the best tools we have," said UW professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Cliff Mass. "None of them s ...

Colleen Donovan, Executive Director of the Washington state Farmers Market Association talks about how your community market will change during the coronavirus pandemic. If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio... Read More ...

Late last month, Washington Governor Jay Inslee declared drought for roughly half of the state.  Cliff Mass, an Atmospheric Sciences Professor at the University of Washington said the expanded drought emergency, bears watching, but overall, he feels the state is in pretty decent shape water-wise.  ...

The college football season wraps up this week for Washington State University and the University of Washington.  The Cougars will take on Michigan State in the Holiday Bowl and the Huskies play Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl.  But before you buy into bowl mania, the Better Business Bureau is warning you to do your home work.  The BBB’...

A geology professor at the University of Washington says the world needs to improve its farming practices to adequately feed its growing population.   “We have to figure out ways to build soil fertility as a consequences of our farming practices, rather than mining soil fertility as we’ve long done in society, in many societies around the world,” David Montgomery is author of "Growing a Revol