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).

The United States Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for FY 2023 FLSP grants until the application period closes on November 28, 2023 at 11:59 Eastern Time.

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.

Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center was happy to have the 5^th graders back in the building this year at their Annual Potato Days, which has been on a 3-year hiatus since COVID.

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.

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.

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.

On July 17, 2023, the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) updated the regulations for Outdoor Heat Exposures, specifically revising WAC 296-62-095 and 296-307-097.

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.

To help users utilize and navigate the Bulletins Live! Two program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold an instructional webinar Thursday, November 9, 2023 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EST.

Keith Ayoob, EdD, RDN of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine published his perspective Frontiers in Nutrition to address carbohydrate confusion that underscores the nutritional values of starchy vegetables like potatoes.

Agricultural producers and forest landowners can now apply to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for conservation assistance for fiscal year (FY) 2024.

The United States Department of Agriculture is working to provide over $3 billion to support Commodity and Specialty Crop Producers that had been impacted by the 2022 Natural Disasters. This program has set out to help balance the financial effects of the 2022 natural disasters that made an impact on crop yield.

Help supply feedback to WSDA on their Japanese Beetle Eradication Project by completing a short survey here. Your input could lead to program improvements next year.

 WSDA Japanese Beetle Eradication Project Survey