Happy 2024 Water Year! The University of Washington Climate Impacts Group and Office of the Washington State Climatologist, in collaboration with the NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System, is asking for your participation in helping us document weather and climate impacts of the 2023 water year (October 1, 2022-September 30, 2023) for the Northwest (Washington, Oregon, and Idaho).

USDA is holding it’s 100^th Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum “Cultivating the Future” in Arlington, Virgina at the Crystal City Gateway on February 15-16, 2024.

CBDL will hold it’s 59^th annual meeting on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PST at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington.

November 1, 2023 was the deadline for employers to start using the new I-9 for employment eligibility verification.

On November 30, 2023, the Washington Invasive Species Council, King County Noxious Weeds, the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board, and the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has partnered to offer a free live webinar on how to safely use pesticides online for Spanish speaking pesticide users.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has hired Lora Liegel as Program Administrator to establish a labeling and promotion program for Washington food and agricultural products.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Washington began accepting applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Agricultural Land Easements (ACEP-ALE) on Friday, October 6, 2023.

Take part in exploring the future of the potato industry! Register today for the 2023 WSPC Potato Summit on December 11-12, 2023 at the Davenport Grand Hotel located at 333 W. Spokane Falls Boulevard in Spokane, Washington.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to adopt the Odessa Subarea Special Study FEIS, United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), 2012 under the provisions of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR section 1506.3). The USBR Record of Decision (ROD), April 2013, amended September 2013, documented the selection of Alternative 4A Modified Partial-Replacement-Banks with Limited Spring Diversion Scenario (Alternative 4A).

As WSDA plans a two-day Washington Agricultural Viability Conference for March of 2024, they are asking for input from the agricultural community through the completion of a short survey. The survey closes on November 17, 2023.