Page 18 - Jon Devaney News Today

Back Pay Lawsuit Pt 2 Friday Jan 29th, 2021 With today’s Fruit Grower Report, I’m Bob Larson. A pair of Washington state bills could help protect farmers from being required to pay workers for three years of overtime pay retroactively. This, after the November ruling by the Washington Supreme Court removing the overtime exemption for agriculture. Douglas County tree fruit grower, April Clayton says it would kill her industry … CLAYTON … “I’d say retroactively, three years...

Bronaugh tapped as Vilsacks 2nd in command President-elect Joe Biden on Monday nominated Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Jewel Bronaugh as deputy secretary of USDA. According to Progressive Farmer, Bronaugh, who holds a doctorate in career and technical education from Virginia Tech University, brings to USDA an extensive career working with Extension programs and had served as a 4-H Extension specialist as well. If confirmed, Bronaugh would serve as Vilsack...

KXLY January 15, 2021 1:01 PM Associated Press Oded Balilty A health care professional prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Israel has struck a deal with Pfizer, promising to share vast troves of medical data with the drugmaker in exchange for the continued flow of its COVID-19 vaccine. Critics say the deal is raising major ethical concerns, including possible privacy violations and a de...

Ag industry wants farmworkers prioritized for vaccinations in Washington By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Published: January 15, 2021, 3:01pm Share: 2 Photos FILE - In this June 16, 2020, file photo, workers at an orchard put on equipment as they prepare to thin apple trees in Yakima, Wash. The agriculture industry is asking Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee to move migrant farmworkers and food factory workers closer to the front of the line for the coronavirus vacci...

7 day print subscribers enjoy unlimited access to yakimaherald.com Enter the LAST NAME and the 7 DIGIT phone number on your print subscription account to connect your print subscription to your yakimaherald.com account. Free access for current print subscribers

7 day print subscribers enjoy unlimited access to yakimaherald.com Enter the LAST NAME and the 7 DIGIT phone number on your print subscription account to connect your print subscription to your yakimaherald.com account. Free access for current print subscribers

Employees of Apple King have designated seats in the lunchroom to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. A note under a plastic covering which bears the inscription “Regina” is seen Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Apple King’s packing house in Naches, Wash. Amanda Ray / Yakima Herald-Republic

YAKIMA, Wash. — Twenty years ago, the Washington apple industry suffered from too few varieties. Consumers said they were tired of Red and Golden Delicious, which dominated the manifest of about a half-dozen varieties. Today, the industry suffers from too many varieties, several speakers told the 116th annual meeting of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association on Dec. 7. “There’s too many options of new varieties. Too many have similar flavor profiles. It’s simply confusi...