Organic administrator faces backlash. Ag Minute for Oct. 30, 2015
Many organic groups that once praised USDA deputy administrator Miles McEvoy are now fighting his policies in federal court. Click here for full story...
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New Christmas tree checkoff prepares for fee collection. Ag minute for Oct. 29, 2015
Assessments will be collected on Christmas trees for the first time after the 2015 harvest to fund a checkoff program to promote the crop. Click here ...
Stink bug may meet its match in tiny wasp. Ag Minute Oct. 28, 2015
The spread of a non-stinging Asian wasp has U.S. scientists hopeful that it could control the crop-destroying brown marmorated stink bug. Click here f...
Grant will help researchers identify insects causing zebra chip. Ag Minute Oct 27. 2015
Washington State University researcher Bill Snyder has received a $2.7 million grant to research which psyllids may be causing zebra chip. Click here ...
Industry responds to ‘Toxic Taters’ campaign. Ag Minute for Oct. 26th
A group calling itself Toxic Taters, funded by pesticide opponents, is casting potatoes in a negative light. Click here for full story.
Organic administrator faces backlash. Ag Minute Oct. 23, 2015
Many organic groups that once praised USDA deputy administrator Miles McEvoy are now fighting his policies in federal court. Click here for full story...
Governors urge action on Cuba for ag’s sake. Ag minute for Oct. 22, 2015
Washington, Idaho and California governors support lifting trade restrictions blamed for limiting U.S. food exports to Cuba. Click here for full story...
ITC affirms sugar dumping claims against Mexico. Ag Minute for Oct. 21, 2015
The U.S. International Trade Commission has affirmed conclusions that the dumping of subsidized Mexican sugar hurt the U.S. sugar market. Click here f...
TPP seen as longer term help to tree fruit. Ag Minute Oct. 20, 2015
The Trans-Pacific Partnership doesn't include China and isn't likely to push pears and apples into Japan, but it may help Northwest tree fruit exports...
U.S.-Mexico apple dumping still unresolved. Ag Minute Oct. 19, 2015
Nine months after it started, a case alleging U.S. apple dumping in Mexico still hangs over the Washington apple industry. Washington hit record shipm...