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Agriculture

Columbia Fruit seeks to expand Woodland raspberry operations

February 28, 2025, 6:05am Business

Woodland’s Columbia Fruit has applied for a water right permit to improve the quality of the water fueling its raspberry growing operation west of the city by the Columbia River,… Read story

‘Perfect storm’ of factors hits Washington apple farmers, driving bankruptcies, consolidation

January 2, 2025, 6:05am Business

A perfect storm of economic challenges is pushing Washington apple farmers out of business. Read story

Apple farmers like Tim Calhoun take just a short break between the apple harvest and pruning trees for the next crop.

The Columbia River feeds Washington’s booming apple industry — and its economy

Apple farmers like Tim Calhoun take just a short break between the apple harvest and pruning trees for the next crop.

November 16, 2024, 6:13am Business

Tim Calhoun operates a small orchard and fruit distribution business about 2 miles off the Yakima River. Walking through rows of apple trees last month as the end of the harvest approached, he explained how he came to run the operation. Read story

Ridgefield farmer Rob Baur checks to see if the bin filled with recently harvested hazelnuts is ready to ship out.

‘You have to beat the squirrels and the rain’: Ridgefield farm harvests its first commercial hazelnut crop

Ridgefield farmer Rob Baur checks to see if the bin filled with recently harvested hazelnuts is ready to ship out.

October 9, 2024, 6:05am Business

For Ridgefield farmer Rob Baur, harvesting his farm’s first commercial hazelnut crop this fall and shipping it off to buyers was a race against time and nature. Read story

A combine at work in wheat fields in the Walla Walla region, during 2018.

Farmers say proposed drinking water requirements would drive up costs

A combine at work in wheat fields in the Walla Walla region, during 2018.

August 16, 2024, 6:38pm Northwest

The state Department of Health is considering an update to how it exempts small farms from some drinking water requirements. Read story

Garden plots take shape at the 78th Street Heritage Farm in Hazel Dell. Clark County continues to weigh its options for the farm and how to make the property financially viable.

78th Street Heritage Farm plan strives for sustainability

Garden plots take shape at the 78th Street Heritage Farm in Hazel Dell. Clark County continues to weigh its options for the farm and how to make the property financially viable.

April 25, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

Clark County’s agricultural gem, the 78th Street Heritage Farm, could operate more like an agriculturally focused community park in the future. Read story

Farmworkers pick daffodils March 15 in a field just off Best Road in Skagit County near Mount Vernon.

Why Washington’s farmworkers are disappearing

Farmworkers pick daffodils March 15 in a field just off Best Road in Skagit County near Mount Vernon.

March 30, 2024, 6:04am Business

While there’s plenty of work to be done in Washington’s fields, orchards and berry rows, farmworkers are becoming increasingly rare in the Evergreen State. Read story