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With heavy rains in the forecast for late January and early February, one species, Phytophthora syringae, was drawing attention due to an unprecedented outbreak last winter.

USDA’s Monthly Dairy Products Report shows total cheese output, excluding cottage cheese, was 1.19 billion pounds, in October, 0.8% above October of last year and 3.9% above September.

Congress will have to extend the life of the 2018 farm law into 2024 so it can finish work on its successor.

The weekly Drought Monitor showed drought getting worse across areas in the Midwest, South, Southwest, and the Pacific Northwest.

The NCBA approved its top 2021 policy priorities with a continued focus on advocating for a business climate that increases opportunities for producer profitability.

**The American Farm Bureau Federation recognized 15 farm and ranch women leaders as graduates of its Women's Communications Boot Camp fall session. The intensive four-day course comprised hands-on sessions related to public speaking, working with the media and messaging...

OSO, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee joined hundreds of community members Sunday on a bike ride to remember the victims of the deadly Oso landslide. The cyclists pedaled from downtown Arlington to Darrington along State Route 530...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has proclaimed a state of emergency for all counties in the state, after days of heavy rain and a storm Tuesday that killed three people, wreaked havoc on power lines and flooded rivers...

While area cherry growers are trying to deal with days of heavy rain so to are hay growers in the Yakima Valley. Gary Kirkof is Vice President of The Yakima Valley Hay and Forage Growers Chapter of the Washington Hay Association. “We have never seen this much rain in the spring...

Heavy rain pounded Yakima Tuesday night and Wednesday causing several areas around the city to flood. On Wednesday morning, crews blocked off the road on 48th Avenue between Nob Hill and Viola to clear out a massive pool of water. It took them several hours to pump it all out...