Registration is now open for the 11^th Annual Ag World Golf Classic.

Commercial potato seed samples are requested from WA Growers for the Washington Seed Lot Trial.

The Canadian Government has now finalized a Plastics Registry, beginning on September 2025, will require the annual reporting by trade (in most cases, trade in Canada) on the quantity and types of plastics placed on the Canadian market.

House and Senate Agriculture committee leaders released summaries of proposed farm bills as they ramp up action on agricultural policy legislation, but they remain divided on food stamp benefits and on the use of conservation funds already appropriated.

Plan to attend the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) and Washington State University’s (WSU) College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resource Science’s first Washington Agricultural Viability Conference at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Washington on May 29-30, 2024.

After reaching an impasse in contract talks with Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railways (CPKC), Teamsters Canada advise that railroad strikes could begin May 22, 2024.

An annual report published by the Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee reported electricity needs to increase over 30% within the next decade. Since last year, expected electrical needs have exceeded last year’s projections by 5%.

Save the Date! Keep Tuesday, May 28, 2024 open to attend the Washington Friends of Farms and Forests Members Pesticide Communications and Applicators Training from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Tri-Cities, Washington. Four or Five Washington State Department of Agriculture pesticide license credits will be available. Registration information and location to follow.

To formally relate the good news, USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack personally called U.S. Senator Susan Collins to report that the USDA is officially supporting the classification of the potato as a vegetable.

In new film, The Race to Rescue a Declining Aquifer in Central Washington, the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (ECBID), the Columbia Basin Conservation District, and the Columbia Basin Development League overviews the importance and urgency of completion of the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program (OGWRP).

The Washington State Department of Commerce (DOC) has made $34 million available to fund clean energy projects supporting planning, design, and construction. Applications opened April 18, 2024 and their submission deadline is June 14, 2024 by 12:00 p.m. PT.

Due to retirements, the Washington State Potato Commission has three at-large Commissioner positions that are open for appointment.