The Mid-Columbia Agriculture Hall of Fame will induct six individuals in January, marking the institution’s 25th year of honoring local farmers, families and agribusiness leaders.
A California union and a group of farmworkers from around the country—including one from Sunnyside and several others working in the state’s vineyards—are suing to stop new, lower-wage federal guidelines that save money for farmers but cut pay for temporary foreign agriculture workers, hurting local laborers as a result, the suit alleges.
State agriculture officials say they need more property owners to allow their land to be treated for an invasive and destructive beetle species if they are going to reverse its rise in Eastern Washington.
Lawmakers are hoping instead that legislation enacted in May will make it easier for farm fuel users and haulers of agricultural goods to receive the fuel exemption promised under the state’s cap-and-trade system.
A new paper authored by Washington State University researchers and partners based in the Tri-Cities identifies two cover crops that have positive or neutral impacts on soil quality and can be harvested and sold for biofuel production.
A $250,000 state grant to upgrade a former apple processing facility in Sunnyside will help preserve dozens of jobs while also providing a new buyer for the region’s orchards.
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