tomatoes

President Biden’s nominee for Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack, says he’d arrive at the USDA with a “serious focus on getting stuff done quickly,”

Mexican tomatoes entering the U.S. are being hit with a 17.5 percent tariff after the Commerce Department terminated a decades-old tomato deal.

The markets absorbed an onslaught of information recently when USDA released the delayed and current WASDE numbers AND the Crop Production report.

A few programs have lost their authorization and funding due to the farm bill expiration. 39 programs effected including bioenergy and agricultural research programs.

The Yakima Valley's hops, apples and wines are gaining worldwide acclaim. But tomatoes?

**For those wondering why the proposal to withdraw the WOTUS rule, announced June 27th, hasn’t appeared officially in the Federal Register … blame the formatting.
EPA sent the prepublication version of the proposed rule to the Office of the Federal Register the next day, but it…

YAKIMA, Wash.-- The FDA is proposing food safety regulations that have growers in our area worried about what it could mean for their businesses.
The federal agency is considering rules that include requiring growers to test their water supply constantly and sanitize equipment...