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.

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.

What you need to know to prepare for adjudication of Nooksac to protect your future water rights in the area if you use water outside the public water system in the defined area.

On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, the Washington State Potato Commission is organizing a seminar tailored to potato growers.

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.

To boost the state’s small business exports, the SBA has awarded the Washington State Department of Commerce (DOC) a one-million-dollar State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) grant.

Registration is open for the Columbia Basin Development League’s (CBDL) inaugural Regional Community Convening.

PSA’s Grower Program uses the Cropwise Sustainability (CWS) app to measure, benchmark, and advance farm sustainability utilizing the Sustainable Outcomes in Agriculture (SOA) standard.

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 newly created WSPC Potato Variety Selection Team completed the variety selection tour this year that started in Hermiston, Oregon on September 26^th, moved on to Klamath Falls, Oregon on September 27^th and 28^th, and finished in Aberdeen, Idaho on October 3^rd-5^th. 

On Saturday, October 7^th, Riverfest welcomed thousands of people to its festival held in Columbia park to partake in family friendly educational activities for kids and engage the public on the importance of the Federal Columbia River Power System through education, interaction, and media.