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Producers and seed companies report steady supply and demand after recovering from a pandemic gardening boom that depleted seed inventories, and USDA says all ground beef samples tested negative for the H5N1 bird flu virus.

K-State Beef Cattle Institute experts explain highly pathogenic avian influenza and its ability to move to other species.

Recent numbers show a drastic loss of farms and farmland in Washington state over the past five years, and Pam Lewison, Ag Director at the Washington Policy Center, says if we continue to lose food producers, we will regret it.

The USDA’s Farm Service Agency reminds ag producers that Farm Loan Programs can be used to support a variety of climate-smart practices, and House Ag Committee Chair GT Thompson, of Pennsylvania, is sharing his overview of the bipartisan policies and priorities included in the 2024 Farm Bill.

The Washington Apple Commission is looking for a new president after current president Todd Fryhover announced he’s retiring November 1st.

U.S. Representative, and Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse released a statement following passage a bill that directs the Department of the Interior to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf, and the National Ag Aviation Association at Ag on the Mall in Washington, D.C.

Forever Man, an Eric Clapton tribute band, will be at the Rialto on Saturday, the Postal Service will have its annual food drive that day, and World Migratory Bird Day events will be taking place.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has just launched a federal order that says lactating cows must test negative for the bird flu before they are transported.

A couple of bills that would not have been ideal for agriculture failed to make it through the last legislative session in Olympia, but Washington Farm Bureaus Director of Governmental Affairs, Bre Elsey says theyll likely be back.

Walk through the halls of a high school and it is easy to see that not all kids develop at the same pace – some look like mature adults while