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From the Capital Press The Environmental Protection Agency has released a three-step framework for regulating insecticides, winning praise from farm groups, state agriculture departments and the USDA for reworking a widely criticized plan proposed last year by the Biden EPA. The EPA released its final “insecticide strategy” on April 29,…

From the National Agricultural Statistics Service  According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, there were 7 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington, and good weather continued for planting progress. Washington crop condition Winter wheat: 4% very poor 7% poor 14% fair 65% good 10% excellent Winter canola: 4% very poor…

From PNW Ag Network The first 100 days of the 2nd Trump Administration have been a rollercoaster ride for the American Farmer, most notably lead by tariffs and trade wars.  The Administration has placed a variety of tariffs on some of the United States’ closest allies, China and others, leading to…

By Diana Carlen Lobbyist, Washington Association of Wheat Growers The Legislature adjourned on the 105th day of the 2025 Legislative Session on April 27 at 6:30 p.m. In the final week of the legislative session, the Legislature adopted the 2025-2027 operating, capital, and transportation budgets. However, it is unknown if…

From Farm Policy News Agri-Pulse’s Noah Wicks and Steve Davies reported Wednesday that “the Trump administration’s plan for reorganizing and downsizing USDA should be out by the middle of May, and it will likely call for consolidating some programs with other agencies, according to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.” Read the…

From World-Grain.com The effects of global tariffs imposed and then placed on hold by US President Donald Trump would be wide-ranging across grain-based foods. If the threatened tariffs materialize and retaliatory actions are taken broadly by trading partners of the United States, the direct impact will be significant for segments…

From the National Agricultural Statistics Service  Washington, there were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork with good weather for planting progress.  Washington crop condition Winter wheat: 3% very poor 9% poor 19% fair 60% good 9% excellent Winter canola: 0% very poor 18% poor 72% fair 10% good 0% excellent Washington…

By Dr. Xianming ChenResearch Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS In the last two weeks, we were planting spring cereal nurseries and checking winter wheat fields in various locations. So far, we have found stripe rust in our disease monitoring and germplasm screening fields in various locations except those around Pullman.  On April…

By Diana Carlen WAWG Lobbyst With less than a week remaining in the regularly scheduled session, the Legislature is in a frenzy to finish on time. April 16 marked the Opposite House Floor Cutoff, meaning that it was the last day for the House and Senate to vote on bills…

From the National Agricultural Statistics Service In Washington, there were 5.6 days suitable for fieldwork, with temperatures warming up across most of the state. Washington crop condition Winter wheat: 3% very poor 8% poor 20% fair 61% good 8% excellent Winter canola: 0% very poor 15% poor 70% fair 15%…