Washington Ag News and Views – June 2 – June 8
jgiuntoli June 8th, 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.
- Stanwood farm fire kills about 180,000 chickens (Seattle Times)
- Wage report shows Yakima near the bottom (Yakima Herald Republic)
- New laws to ease marketing of Washington wines (Tri-City Herald)
- Mr. Newhouse goes to Washington (Yakima Herald Republic)
- Farmers Market party in Bellevue (Seattle Times)
- Ground-beef products recalled (Seattle Times)
- BLOG: Mr. Newhouse goes to Washington (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- BLOG: Gregoire, Ag Director Newhouse headed to D.C. on trade mission (TVW)
- BLOG: Gregoire, Newhouse lead trade mission to Washington, D.C. (Joe Turner/The News Tribune)
- Mud fight on the Skagit (Crosscut.com)
- Ag candidates step up as Rep. Cox steps down (Capital Press)
- Webinars focus on uncertainty (Capital Press)
- No proof wolves killed Okanogan cow (Capital Press)
- Hastings discusses cap and trade (Capital Press)
- H-2A rules revert (Capital Press)
- Milk prices tumble, slaughter soars (Capital Press)
- BLOG: Washington seen as among first states to recover (Seattle Times)
- Immigration reform dealing with ag work force not coming (Yakima Herald Republic)
- Wash. governor touts state agriculture in DC (Seattle Times)
- Tacoma veggie grower nurtures connection to land, neighbors (The Olympian)
- Late start for big cherry season; crop could easily shatter records (Wenatchee World)