The students on Friday will be involved in a program called Students “New Tech Careers Growing in the Valley” that will involve presentations from several of the area’s top agriculture employers at Perry Technical Institute in Yakima.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, is a “dream candidate” for agriculture, according to the former president of the Indiana Farm Bureau.
Agri-Pulse reports that Don Villwock, who recently retired after more than a decade as president of the bureau, says he's been impressed in his dealings with Pence, both as a governor and a congressman...
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More than 12 cents of every $1 generated and 1 job in 10 are attributed to the agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries in the five-state region of the Northwest – Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. This comes from a study recently commissioned by Northwest Farm Credit Services and conducted by OSU Rural Studies Program and the University of Idaho Extension Service...