Stories Tagged "Washington"
Immigration Reforms Takes Shape
posted on February 1, 2013 at 4:11 PM
Mysterious Crop Circles Appear in Washington Wheat Field
posted on August 3, 2012 at 2:18 PM
SEATTLE (AP) - Mysterious crop circles have appeared in an eastern Washington wheat field - not far from the nation's largest hydropower producer - but area farmers preparing for the summer's harvest find the distraction more amusing than...
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Judge Warns Washington Union to Halt Illegal Tactics
posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:33 PM
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Union activists aren't backing off demands to work at a new Washington state grain terminal after hundreds of Longshore workers stormed the facility, overwhelmed guards and dumped grain.
U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton...
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Western Ranchers Fight Push to Give Up Brands
posted on July 1, 2011 at 1:07 PM
OMAK, Wash (AP) — Ranchers have long used brands to keep track of their cattle and deter rustlers, but many now fear branding will become just another relic of the Old West as federal regulators look for new ways to track meat from hoof to plate.
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Hard Times Have Dairy Farmers Calling Help Lines
posted on December 30, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Huck Heintz has spent a busy year providing free financial consulting to dairy farmers in upstate New York.
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Struggling Dairy Farmers to Receive One-Time Direct Payment
posted on December 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Dairy Farmers Ask Congress For More Support
posted on October 30, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Farm Workers Push for Unionization in Washington State
posted on October 9, 2009 at 3:10 PM
PASCO, Wash (AP) — Margarito Martinez says he was fired from the eastern Washington dairy that employed him for more than a year because he tried to unionize the company.
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WA Farmers Prepare for Strict Immigration Rules
posted on August 7, 2009 at 8:08 PM
ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE -- Farmers in Washington are taking part in special training sessions in preparation for immigration investigations that the Obama Administration says will audit employers suspected of hiring undocumented workers, hoping to...
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Washington State Wineries Seek Status for Grapes
posted on November 14, 2008 at 8:11 PM
YAKIMA, Wash (AP) -- Several wineries and vineyard owners in Eastern Washington are banding together to lobby for a specific wine-grape growing region northwest of Yakima.
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Washington Dating Service Links Vintners
posted on September 26, 2008 at 8:09 PM
YAKIMA, Wash (AP) -- Desperately seeking a mate: Hopeless romantic seeks mature, well-rounded, traditional partner.
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Washington Farmers Hit Hard by Floods Return to Markets
posted on May 23, 2008 at 8:05 PM
CURTIS, Wash (AP) — Flats of broccoli, cabbage and onions are ready for planting at Boistfort Valley Farm, where just five months ago, much of Mike Peroni's farm was buried under a foot of mud.
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Washington State Wine Grape Growers Have Record Harvest
posted on December 7, 2007 at 8:12 PM
CASHMERE, Wash (AP) _ Washington state's wine grape crop, second only to California's crop nationwide, was a record 127,150 tons this year, an industry group reported.
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Filling a Niche with Raw Milk
posted on October 26, 2007 at 8:10 PM
Washington State Mulls New Rule on Farm Pesticides
posted on November 11, 2005 at 8:11 PM
Washington State officials are considering a new rule that would require farmers to notify schools, nursing homes, hospitals and day-care centers next to their orchards and farms when they plan to apply pesticides.
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