Washington
Rigid bank lending, prolonged market troughs and institutional capital force structural shifts across family-owned orchards and farm operations
As farmer Rep. Dan Newhouse prepares to step down from Congress, candidates Amanda McKinney and John Duresky outline their platforms to support Central Washington agriculture
On September 11, 2001, Dan Baginski should have been at his desk on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center’s South Tower. Instead, he was 3,000 miles away — milking cows at the Washington State Fair.
The company will end operations at its Joslin, Ill., beef facility and its Eagle Mountain, Utah, case-ready facility plus it is pursuing the sale of its Pasco, Wash., beef facility.
While the reintroduction of wolves has led to significant challenges for local ranchers, some say they are willing to deal with the animals if they will return to their natural habitat.
In addition to increasing carcass counts, wolves decrease reproduction rates, weaning weights, calf health and human well-being — costs often uncompensated or uncounted.
Nothing goes to waste on the 6,000 acres of Royal Family Farms.
Sen. McCain has a brain cancer, more USDA sub cabinet nominees, House budget resolution goes to the floor amid vote hurdles, and President Trump blasts off in an interview with the New York Times.