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).

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.

Potatoes USA promotional work and the help in development of “Baseball Fries” featuring U.S. frozen potatoes hit a home run both in and out of the ballpark at the World Baseball Classic in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

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.

California Governor Gavin Newsom is considering how to grant permanent residency to undocumented ag laborers through California Senate Bill 831 (SB831).

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