Federal health authorities have confirmed at least three people in Washington have contracted bird flu after working around poultry with the virus at a commercial egg farm in Franklin County.

The Northwest will see the smallest crop of pears in 40 years.

Palencia Family Estate is winemaker Victor Palencia’s newest endeavor. 

This Wallula intermodal facility soft-launched early this year with a shipment of about 300 tons of hay, which was trucked in and then transferred to railcars and moved via train to the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Port of Tacoma.

A new commercial steam corn flaker in Plymouth will be used to make feed that’s easier for cattle to digest. It’ll have the capacity to make 800 tons of flaked corn a day, supplying dairies and feedlots throughout the Columbia Basin, Yakima Valley and beyond.

From late nights packing boxes of farmers market produce around the family dinner table to growing almost all the in-season vegetables in hybrid community-supported-agriculture grocery boxes, Local Pumpkin has come a long way in 10 years.

A new 22,000-square-foot facility off Industrial Way in Pasco will help a global agtech company continue moving “into the future,” an official said.

We can proudly say Washington is one of the most trade-driven states in the nation.

Local Bounti celebrated the opening of its Pasco facility on May 7 with a ribbon cutting.

An expansive 3-acre facility dedicated to cultivating a variety of leafy greens is up and running in Pasco.