Washington Ag News and Views – April 27 – May 7
jgiuntoli May 7th, 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.
- Horse boarder tax exemption becomes law (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Farmers Market Fresh: River Valley Ranch cheese at Proctor (Blog: The News Tribune)
- Ag department tightens its belt (Capital Press)
- Farms dodge bullets (Capital Press)
- WSU budget plan includes 370 job cuts, Ag included (Seattle PI)
- Recession? Wine does just fine (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Apple sales brisk, with plenty of 2008 crop still to sell (Wenatchee World)
- Less snow in north means less water for irrigators (AP/Wenatchee World)
- Stimulus money for water projects dries up (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Guest worker program gets headaches from flu (Yakima Herald)
- WSU to offer a major in wine business management (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Land Grab: the Race for the World’s Farmland (Guardian UK)
- Animals, industrial agriculture and swine flu risk (Seattle Times)
- State programs out to help young farmers (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- DOE releases water permits for Quincy subarea (Columbia Basin Herald)