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Washington Ag News and Views November 4 – November 16

jgiuntoli November 16th, 2009

The Office of Farmland Preservation is pleased to present this week’s ‘News and Views’ feature, a collection of news features, articles, and editorials on the subject of agriculture from media outlets around the state. The information and opinions contained in the articles are those of their respective authors, and are not necessarily those of the Office of Farmland Preservation or the Washington State Conservation Commission.

  • Ag official says budget will be focus of legislators (Yakima Herald-Republic)
  • Clallam County’s rural zoning upheld; foe has time to appeal (Peninsula Daily News)
  • Snohomish conference puts ‘culture’ back in ag (AP/Tri-City Herald)
  • Mid-Columbia growers add hot mustard to fields (Tri-City Herald)
  • EDITORIAL: Snohomish County focuses on farming (Seattle Times)
  • Shipping numbers promise profits for apple growers (Yakima Herald-Republic/Wenatchee World)
  • EDITORIAL: Lawsuit again? (Columbia Basin Herald)
  • Apple growers eyeing big returns (Yakima Herald-Republic)
  • Irrigators fed up with state over increased water rights (Tri-City Herald)
  • Snohomish County focuses on farming (Seattle Times)
  • Ag agencies receive almost $400,000 in grants (Wenatchee World)
  • Food, farmers connect at Focus on Farming conference (Everett Herald)
  • Siphon project faces challenge (Capital Press)

    • Washington Ag News and Views October 23 – November 4

    jgiuntoli November 4th, 2009

    The Office of Farmland Preservation is pleased to present this week’s ‘News and Views’ feature, a collection of news features, articles, and editorials on the subject of agriculture from media outlets around the state. The information and opinions contained in the articles are those of their respective authors, and are not necessarily those of the Office of Farmland Preservation or the Washington State Conservation Commission.

  • The graze divide: domestic sheep and bighorns separated for safety reasons (Yakima Herald-Republic)
  • 4-H appeals to county (The Daily World)
  • Farmers, county leaders to share ideas (Everett Herald)
  • Kittitas County Farm Bureau gathering is set for Thursday (The Daily Record)
  • Tide gate removed, salmon habitat restored (San Juan Journal)
  • Biosolids deal called off (Yakima Herald-Republic)
  • Seed processing facility opens in Pasco (Tri-City Herald)
  • Western Washington Could Become Destination for Water Refugees, Experts Say (Kitsap Sun)
  • Washington pea plant closes (Capital Press)
  • Early apple numbers are looking good (Wenatchee World)
  • From Field to Pie (The Chronicle)
  • Taiwan reopens to U.S. bone-in beef after 6-year ban (Reuters)

    • Washington Ag News and Views October 12 – October 23

    jgiuntoli October 23rd, 2009

    The Office of Farmland Preservation is pleased to present this week’s ‘News and Views’ feature, a collection of news features, articles, and editorials on the subject of agriculture from media outlets around the state. The information and opinions contained in the articles are those of their respective authors, and are not necessarily those of the Office of Farmland Preservation or the Washington State Conservation Commission.

  • Divided over land rights (Capital Press)
  • Ecology water power defined (Capital Press)
  • Cattle drive a Bickleton mainstay (Yakima Herald Republic)
  • Dairies’ manure turned into fuel (Seattle Times)
  • Ag exports could help pull state out of recession (Columbia Basin Herald)
  • Apple growers eye harvest (Spokesman-Review)
  • Freeze spurs farmers to get wine grapes off vine (Tri-City Herald)
  • COLUMN: Would irrigation project’s completion prevent dust storms? (Lynne Lynch/ Columbia Basin Herald)
  • After audit, Pierce County Conservation District’s use of tax money scrutinized (The News Tribune)
  • Bill Gates calls for new green revolution in agriculture (Seattle Times)
  • The hardest harvest (Spokesman-Review)
  • State may pay wolf-kill damages (AP/Spokesman-Review)
  • OREGON: State OK’d to certify organic farms (Olympian)
  • State spud growers, processors working on deal (Tri-City Herald)
  • Hard frost hits Washington wine country (Tri-City Herald)
  • Waiting for water (Wenatchee World)
  • Partnership launches project to redraw water-use rules (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
  • EDITORIAL: Wine, research and a university (Wenatchee World)
  • State’s habitat project near Stanwood raises farmers’ ire (Everett Herald)
  • Kitsap County to appeal shoreline buffers ruling to state high court (Kitsap Sun)
  • Latino fruit growers push for capital, credit (Daily Sun News)

    • Washington Ag News and Views September 29 – October 12

    jgiuntoli October 12th, 2009

    The Office of Farmland Preservation is pleased to present this week’s ‘News and Views’ feature, a collection of news features, articles, and editorials on the subject of agriculture from media outlets around the state. The information and opinions contained in the articles are those of their respective authors, and are not necessarily those of the Office of Farmland Preservation or the Washington State Conservation Commission.

  • Feds award $15 million to WSU (AP/Seattle Times)
  • Harvest is underway, crop outlook good for grape growers (Daily Sun News)
  • From wetland to farmland and back (The Chronicle)
  • Surplus harvest aids food bank (The Olympian)
  • Deadly fungus threatens walnut trees in Prosser (Tri-City Herald)
  • Abundant hops harvest is bittersweet (Tri-City Herald)
  • Washington hop crop a little too big (AP/ Spokesman-Review)
  • More Americans growing food on small `hobby farms’ (Seattle Times)
  • As farm workers union expands, tensions grow with farmers in Eastern Washington state (Washington Examiner)
  • Groups petition feds to regulate feedlots (AP/Olympian)
  • Producers to be surveyed on chemical use (Capital Press)
  • Skagit Co. business gets federal dollars to build digester in Lynden (Bellingham Herald)
  • Bumper crop of wine grapes in; bottles of Peninsula-grown wine won’t be far behind (Peninsula Daily News)
  • A day for pumpkin patch kids (The Olympian)
  • How vending machines could save the farm (Puget Sound Business Journal)
  • Backyard chicken ordinance is back for reconsideration (The Daily World)
  • Watershed report sheds light on groundwater concerns (Yakima Herald-Republic)
  • Ag Tour goes organic (Columbia Basin Herald)
  • Kittitas County submits rules to end well moratorium (The Daily Record)

    • Washington Ag News and Views September 21 – September 29

    jgiuntoli September 30th, 2009

    The Office of Farmland Preservation is pleased to present this week’s ‘News and Views’ feature, a collection of news features, articles, and editorials on the subject of agriculture from media outlets around the state. The information and opinions contained in the articles are those of their respective authors, and are not necessarily those of the Office of Farmland Preservation or the Washington State Conservation Commission.

    Washington Ag News and Views September 8 – September 21

    jgiuntoli September 21st, 2009

    The Office of Farmland Preservation is pleased to present this week’s ‘News and Views’ feature, a collection of news features, articles, and editorials on the subject of agriculture from media outlets around the state. The information and opinions contained in the articles are those of their respective authors, and are not necessarily those of the Office of Farmland Preservation or the Washington State Conservation Commission.

    Washington Ag News and Views August 25 – September 8

    jgiuntoli September 9th, 2009

    The Office of Farmland Preservation is pleased to present this week’s ‘News and Views’ feature, a collection of news features, articles, and editorials on the subject of agriculture from media outlets around the state. The information and opinions contained in the articles are those of their respective authors, and are not necessarily those of the Office of Farmland Preservation or the Washington State Conservation Commission.

    Our region is losing the race against sprawl – crosscut.com

    jgiuntoli August 31st, 2009

    New figures show that people are not moving to the regional growth centers anywhere near the rate that our 40-year growth plan predicts. It’s time to craft some new approaches. (Crosscut.com)

    Read the full story: http://crosscut.com/2009/08/27/real-estate/19188/

    Washington Ag News and Views August 14 – August 25

    jgiuntoli August 25th, 2009

    The Office of Farmland Preservation is pleased to present this week’s ‘News and Views’ feature, a collection of news features, articles, and editorials on the subject of agriculture from media outlets around the state. The information and opinions contained in the articles are those of their respective authors, and are not necessarily those of the Office of Farmland Preservation or the Washington State Conservation Commission.


    Washington Ag News and Views August 5 – August 14

    jgiuntoli August 17th, 2009

    The Office of Farmland Preservation is pleased to present this week’s ‘News and Views’ feature, a collection of news features, articles, and editorials on the subject of agriculture from media outlets around the state. The information and opinions contained in the articles are those of their respective authors, and are not necessarily those of the Office of Farmland Preservation or the Washington State Conservation Commission.


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