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Small Fruit, Potato Growers to Gather at Lynden Ag Show
December 01, 2025

It’s the 15th year of the Lynden Ag Show, and over 500 farmers, farm support businesses, university researchers and others are expected to attend the show Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 3-4.Chris Benedict, Professor and Regional Extension Specialist

Thankful For WA Farmers: What Thanksgiving Hides
December 01, 2025

Even though we just celebrated Thanksgiving, most of us didnt think much about the struggles that farmerswho grew the food that we ateare facing not just to produce food, but to stay in business at all.Pam Lewison, Director of the Center for Agricult

Bought & Paid For: Professor Testifying Against WA Dairies Gets $200k+ Payday
November 24, 2025

Not only does her legal declaration against Washington dairy farms have major scientific problems, but new documents show University of Wisconsin-Madison environmental professor Rebecca Larson was paid over $200,000 to produce the flawed testimony for the

Irony: State Misrepresents Whatcom Water Lawsuit Facts–In Its Own Fact Check
November 17, 2025

Local farmers are calling out the Washington State Department of Ecology for adding to local confusion about its Whatcom water rights adjudication lawsuit with a recent attempt to correct rumors and

WA Farm Income Plummets, As State Piles On New Costs
November 17, 2025

Recent data shows Washington state's net farm income has plummeted to among nearly the worst in the nation, following years of state measures ratcheting up a long list of farming costs. - Randy Forten

Hope for Whatcom Water? Top WA Expert to Speak at Farmer Rally
November 17, 2025

Despite the crippling uncertainty Whatcom County farmers and other water users are facing in the state's water rights adjudication lawsuit there, a top Washington state expert says there is hope for a

Yakima Nonprofit Charges Dairy Farmers Over $500 To See Film, All Others Get In Free
November 10, 2025

In a bizarre turn of events, a Yakima, WA-based anti-farming activist nonprofit required attendees to a recent screening of their propaganda film to disclose their occupation, subsequently charging an

Water Settlement, Farming Protections Focus of Whatcom Councilman’s Proposal
November 03, 2025

Protecting Whatcom County farming and promoting a settlement to the state's Whatcom water adjudication lawsuit are the goals of a recently unveiled proposal from County Councilman Ben Elenbaas. - Elen

Beloved Ag-Focused PNW Weather Forecast Blogger Calls It Quits After 31 Years
November 03, 2025

Farmers and many others across the Pacific Northwest and beyond have followed a unique, regional weather blog over the last more than three decades. - Its followers, or "patrons" in The Weather Caf p

Why US Cattle Ranchers Have A Beef With President Trump
October 27, 2025

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