Agriculture

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s agriculture industry has faced labor shortages, and the country’s immigration system has for decades heard calls for reform. Now, two Idaho lawmakers are attempting to find a state-specific solution. House Bill 297 would create a year-round agricultural guest worker program — for which there is no current federal equivalent. Employers would have to register with the ...

Washington State Dairy Federation Executive Director Dan Wood doesn’t carry around papers proving his citizenship in America.

Washington State University has developed a new strain of grass. And no, it's definitely not for smoking.

A perfect storm of economic challenges is pushing Washington apple farmers out of business.

The price of a dozen eggs, often considered a marker of inflation, continues to rise beyond the broader economic pressures that have spiked the cost of groceries.

A small public water utility in the Newman Lake area says it needs to nearly double its billing rate to keep up with operating costs. After community pushback, the board will consider a less severe – but still substantial – increase by cutting into its contingency fund.

The four largest producers of frozen potatoes and french fries, including two companies based near Boise, have supersized their profits over the last few years by gouging American consumers through higher prices that they improperly set by agreement, according to a federal anti-trust lawsuit filed this week.

On a recent Monday morning, workers began their week on a large poultry farm in Franklin County, Washington, home to over 800,000 chickens.

The trailing candidate for an open Washington state Supreme Court seat is urging voters to check that their ballots have been accepted as he looks to close the gap in a race that remains tight more than a week after Election Day.

Two cases of avian influenza were found in backyard coops in Stevens and Okanogan counties late last week, the state Department of Agriculture said Monday.

Oct. 24—When a quality product meets the high expectations of its advanced marketing, a star of the produce section is born. The Cosmic Crisp apple fits that description, and its skyrocketing production and consumption leads a wave of new varieties that are expected to help boost the 2024 Washington apple crop above three of the past four years' harvests. "People like to try new varieties, to ...

Four agricultural workers tested “presumptively positive” for avian influenza, or bird flu, after working with infected poultry at a commercial egg farm in Franklin County, according to the Washington State Department of Health.