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)