Fusarium wilt is a destructive fungal disease that has long vexed spinach seed farmers in the Pacific Northwest. Researchers may have found a fix.

The Spinach Is Wilting

A tribe in rural southwest Washington is turning their invasive green crab problem into a commercial composting opportunity. 

Crabs in the Compost

Cryptocurrency companies are attempting to use waste heat for greenhouse growing. 

Mining Bitcoin, Growing Tomatoes

New Cowgirl Camp hopes to teach women skills ranging from holistic land management to checking pregnant cows.

Let Your Girls Grow Up to Be Ranchers

Federal officials have been running simulated emergencies to help prevent a wild pig pandemic, part of a wide-reaching initiative to protect the country from African Swine Fever.

Yet Another Feral Hog Problem

Along with chemical inputs like glyphosate, Eric Williamson uses grass-fed cows as a tool, to improve the soil health on his Washington farm.

Why Would a Conventional Vegetable Farmer Bring Someone Else’s Cattle Onto His Fields?

Washington State University used CRISPR technology to produce pigs that were sold in sausage form. Is this a one-off, or a sign of things to come?

Genetically Edited Pork Has Entered the Food Supply

A new study shows that bald eagles have landed on Northwest Washington dairy farms to feed on placenta and calf carcasses. It’s a symbiotic relationship.

Washington Dairy Farmers Love Bald Eagles, and Vice Versa

Oregon, Washington, and California are phasing in overtime pay for farmworkers. In response, some employers are simply cutting hours and hiring more workers.

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