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Commodity report for Sept. 17, 2025

Blueberries, apples, onions, potatoes, cattle

Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Commodity report for June 18, 2025

Onions, potatoes, fruit and cattle

Updated 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Khosla appointed as dean of the CAHNRS

ELLENSBURG – Raj Khosla, a globally recognized researcher on precision agriculture with extensive leadership expertise, has been named the Cashup Davis Family Endowed Dean of Washington State University’s College o…

Updated 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Commodity Report for May 17, 2025

Apples, pears, cattle, rhubarb, asparagus, potatoes, onions

Updated 8 months ago
Basin Business Journal commodity report for Feb. 17, 2025

YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON APPLES: SUPPLY GOLDEN DELICIOUS AND HONEYCRISP LIGHT. DEMAND GOLDEN DELICIOUS AND HONEYCRISP GOOD, OTHERS MODERATE. MARKET ABOUT STEADY. Honeycrisp few present shi…

Updated 8 months, 3 weeks ago
WSU study to track dryland soil health, wheat yields

PULLMAN — A new study at Washington State University will look at a variety of soil health changes in lands enrolled in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program. WSU scientists will use …

Updated 10 months ago
Basin Business Journal commodity report for Dec. 17, 2024

YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON APPLES: SUPPLY GOLDEN DELICIOUS AND HONEYCRISP LIGHT. DEMAND GOLDEN DELICIOUS AND HONEYCRISP GOOD, OTHERS MODERATE. MARKET ABOUT STEADY. Honeycrisp few present shi…

Updated 11 months ago
Basin Business Journal commodity report for Nov. 15, 2024

YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON APPLES: SUPPLY HONEYCRISP LIGHT. DEMAND HONEYCRISP GOOD, OTHERS MODERATE. MARKET ABOUT STEADY. Honeycrisp wide range of prices. Prices include palletizing and coo…

Updated 12 months ago
Basin Business Journal commodity report for Oct. 17, 2024

YAKIMA VALLEY AND WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON APPLES: DEMAND MODERATE. MARKET ABOUT STEADY. Honeycrisp wide range of prices. Prices include palletizing and cooling. Fuji WA Extra Fancy cartons 12 3-lb film ba…

Updated 1 year ago
WSDA accepting specialty crop grant applications

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Agriculture will accept applications for the 2025 Specialty Crop Block Grant through mid-October. Applicants should visit WSDA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant web page…

WSDA confirms HPAI in Grant County
2025-10-09
The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) confirms Grant County’s first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI or H5N1), commonly known as bird flu, among sick birds in a large commercial poultry facility in Moses Lake.
Washington farmers featured in school lunches on Taste Washington Day
2025-10-02
This week, school cafeterias across Washington state will spotlight and serve locally grown foods as part of the annual Taste Washington Day celebration.
WSDA awards $3.5M in Farm to School Purchasing Grants
2025-10-02
The 103 individual school districts and childcare providers that received the grants will use the funding to source and serve delicious and nutritious foods grown, raised, caught or foraged by farmers, ranchers and producers in Washington state.
WSDA seeks help from sunflower growers after first North American detection of sunflower broomrape confirmed in Yakima
2025-10-01
The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has confirmed the first-ever North American detection of Orobanche cumana, commonly known as sunflower broomrape, in Yakima, WA. This marks the first known occurrence of this destructive and highly invasive parasitic weed in North America.
WSDA receives $4.2 million in Specialty Crop Block Grant funds
2025-09-29
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Washington state $4.2 million to support specialty crops in 2025 through the Specialty Crop Block Grant program.