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With misinformation being spread questioning the safety and quality of beef products sold in the U.S., should we be worried about eating it?

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Whether it’s from the USDA or Congress, it seems we’re hearing of more plans or legislation to make positive improvements in the sustainability of agriculture and climate smart changes.

Just back from a trade mission to Viet Nam, Washington State Director of Agriculture, Derek Sandison is feeling good about the potential in that market for producer in our state.

Proposed legislation to modify California’s longstanding farmland conservation law could repurpose large swaths of farm acreage, and America’s farmers and ranchers lead the way in greenhouse gas emissions reduction.

A follow up to last weeks conversation with Central Washington University professor Mike Rogel, we now get to talk with student Elena Tucker about the schools new Food and Agribusiness minor or certificate program.

A new survey for employees in the ag industry will soon take effect that, in theory, addresses concerns about wage suppression in the H-2A guest worker program, but Washington Policy Centers Ag Director Pam Lewison says its off base.

A follow up to last weeks conversation with Central Washington University professor Mike Rogel, we now get to talk with student Elena Tucker about the schools new Food and Agribusiness minor or certificate program.

While some argue the fentanyl crisis is a separate problem, the H-2A foreign guestworker program is now helping to fund solutions and U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse questioned Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about that.

McKinsey and Company research reveals that a vast majority of American farmers have an understanding of sustainable farming and a willingness to adopt the practices, and for the second straight month, unit sales of 100-plus horsepower ag tractors increased in the U.S.