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.

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 shipments there last season but is unlikely to this season. Click here for full story.

CPoW drops out of wolf advisory group, wants it abolished. Ag Minute for Oct 16, 2015

A cattle group drops out of Washington's wolf advisory group and calls for its abolition. Another group, the Washington Cattlemen's Association, says the advisory group is finally beginning to make progress. Click here for full story.

Ag groups cheer as appeals court puts hold on WOTUS regs. Ag Minute for Oct. 14, 2015

A panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati put the regulations on hold nationwide until the court decides whether it has jurisdiction to consider lawsuits against them. Click here for full story.

WSDA studies how to keep waste from spreading apple maggots. Ag Minute for Oct. 9, 2015

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has hired three experts to study how to keep organic waste from spoiling the state's $2 billion apple industry. Click here for full story.

Idaho moisture outlook better in south than north. Ag Minute for October 1, 2015

An Idaho hydrology expert says conditions are favoring another dry winter in Northern Idaho but the possibility of good moisture in Southern Idaho. Click here for full story.

CRP grazing extended for fire, drought victims. Ag Minute for Sept. 22, 2015

The Farm Service Agency has extended emergency grazing on CRP lands in Washington from Sept. 30 to Dec. 15 which will help ranchers who lost fall pastures to wildfires. Click here for full story.

As wildfires rage in West, ranchers lose cattle, rangeland. Ag Min Sept 18, 2015

The vast majority of the 1.6 million acres — nearly 2,600 square miles — that burned in Oregon, Idaho and Washington this year are federally owned, data show, with large swaths of that public land used as rangeland for livestock grazing. Click here for full story.

Washington grower must pay $16,000 to DOL before he can sell his apples. Ag Minute Aug 28, 2015

"Basically, they had me over a barrel,” a Mesa, Wash., grower said after DOL stopped his apples from being packed. Click here for full story.

Apple price recovery may take time, expert says. Ag Minute for Aug 25, 2015

Washington wholesale apple prices should rise this season due to a smaller U.S. crop, but they still may take time to rebuild. Click here for full story.

Investment firm plans to spend $300 million on farmland. Ag minute for Aug. 21, 2015

A new REIT is looking to buy up $300 million of farm properties in the Northwest and the South. Click here for full story.

Inslee’s trade trip to include pitches for spuds, blueberries, wine. Ag Minute for Aug 13, 2015

Potatoes, blueberries and wine to be part of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's trade trip to Japan and South Korea. Click here for full story.

Price rebound predicted for Washington apples. Ag Minute for Aug 11, 2015

The Washington apple industry is hoping for better prices in the 2015-2016 sales season off a 2015 crop expected to be 10.5 percent less than last year's crop. Click here for full story.

Bill would allow governors to end port slowdowns. Ag Minute for Aug 7, 2015

A bill aimed at preventing massive disruptions of trade at U.S. ports, like the slow downs at West Coast ports last winter, has been introduced in the House. It's a companion to one introduced in the Senate two months ago. Click here for full story.

Earlier drought planning needed, Ag Director says. Ag Minute for Aug 6, 2015

The state was caught "flat-footed" in drought planning this year and needs to do a better job next year, the director of the state Department of Agriculture says. Click here for full story.

Hop output to increase despite drought. Ag Min For July 31, 2015

While some hop varieties suffer from heat and drought in Washington's Yakima Valley, the industry anticipates a larger crop because of increased acreage. Click here for full story.

Researchers weigh winter pea option for dryland farmers. Ag Minute for July 8, 2015

Washington State University's dryland research station is considering ways farmers can add winter peas into their crop rotations. Click here for full story.

Barley states respond to Idaho’s invitation to cooperate. Ag Minute for July 6, 2015

The Idaho Barley Commission has invited other barley producing states to work closely together on important issues, including research and transportation infrastructure. Click here for full story.

U.S. potato acreage up 1.9 percent, NASS reports. Ag minute for July 01, 2015

Fall potato acres are up in the Northwest and nationwide, according to new numbers from the USDA and United Potato Growers of America. Click here for full story.http://www.capitalpress.com/Nation_World/Nation/20150630/us-potato-acreage-up-nass-reports

Drought conditions take hold in Western Washington. AgMinute for June 29, 2015

Five Western Washington counties are in a "severe drought," according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, putting boths sides of the Cascades on course to become federal disaster areas. Click here for full story.