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)