President Donald Trump's move to allow more cheap beef from Argentina into the United States sparked a swift backlash from U.S. cattle ranchers. - Chelsea Hajny, Washington Cattlemen's Association Exe

Accusing dairies in the Lower Yakima Valley of polluting groundwater, the U.S. Department of Justice, working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, hired University of Wisconsin-Madison scien

In vitro fertilization technology is changing the way farmers improve their herd's genetics, allowing them to raise the healthiest, best-producing animals much more quickly than traditional breeding.

The Washington state farming community is speaking out against a new state plan to force large forested buffers on non-fish-bearing streams in working forest lands. - Farmers recognize the dangerous p

Many people, including news reporters, have been confused by recent layoff notices from Washington farms creating suspicion of major farm closures. - But what most don't realize is that the layoffs ar

Ongoing drought conditions have led to water shortages in the Yakima River Basin severe enough that water to many farms has been shut off. - Sunnyside-area dairy farmer Jason Sheehan, who also serves

Most people probably don't know that Washington state is number two in the nation for producing organic food. And demand for organic food nationally and globally continues to grow. - But Melissa Spear

Most people probably don't know that Washington state is number two in the nation for producing organic food. And demand for organic food nationally and globally continues to grow. - But Melissa Spear

Whatcom County is known for its dairy, berry and potato farms, but the area boasts a long list of other kinds of farms and specialty crops, including tree nuts. - Jon De Lange of Everson, WA-based Was

The process of harvesting field corn for dairy cattle feed has evolved extensively in recent decades, as farmers here in Washington and around the Pacific Northwest face increasingly tight margins, hi