Washington Ag News and Views – March 16 – 23
jgiuntoli March 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.
- DNR water transfer near Quincy opposed (Columbia Basin Herald)
- BLOG: Bills to mandate density around light rail stations are dead (Jennifer Sullivan/Seattle Times)
- Land conservation efforts flourish across South Sound (The Olympian)
- Yakima Agriculture: Best prospect in the nation for employment in the second quarter. (Yakima Herald Republic)
- Demand for chickens grows in central Wash. (Seattle Times)
- ‘Do they put milk in Cheez-Its?’ (News Tribune)
- Milk prices down, dairymen are struggling (Daily Sun)
- Taking stock of beef: Prices for producers plummet (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Legislature has no stock-water answer this year (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- County, state seek well-water resolution (Daily Record)
- Pears take brunt of Mexico’s retaliation tariff (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Grant helps farmers, fish (Capital Press)
- Yakima Basin water supply ‘near normal’ (Capital Press)
- Gregoire pushes cap and trade bill (Capital Press)
- Retaliatory tariffs hit Washington, Oregon fruit crops (AP/Spokesman-Review)
- Low beef, high feed prices challenge state’s ranchers (AP/The News Tribune)
- LEGISLATURE: Republicans name top choices for 15th District seat (Tri City Herald)
- Taking stock of beef (Wenatchee World/Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Livestock water bills go nowhere (Olympian)
- Mexican tariff hits state’s pear growers first (AP/Everett Herald)
- EDITORIAL: Banning Mexican trucks harms Washington (Seattle Times)