Commercial potato seed samples are requested from WA Growers for the Washington Seed Lot Trial.

If you’re a high school senior, college or graduate student, or trade school student interested in pursuing a career in agriculture, the Washington State Potato Foundation is offering different levels of Excellence in Ag Scholarships.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development is offering Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG) to help agricultural producers to generate new products, create and expand marketing options, and increase their producer income through value-added activities.

Through a $50-million grant from the USDA partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities programs awarded to Oregon State University, incentive payments will be provided to farmers who use Climate-Smart practices to improve soil health of their fields, and thus reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase sequestration of carbon in soils.

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) is extending essential emergency loans by USDA’s Secretarial natural disaster designation to producers to recover from disasters triggered by excessive heat in Washington State that occurred from March 15, 2023 through July 31, 2023.

Plan to attend the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) and Washington State University’s (WSU) College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resource Science’s first Washington Agricultural Viability Conference at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Washington on May 29-30, 2024.

Oregon State University (OSU) in conjunction with Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) and Compliance Services International (CSI) is offering four full day stakeholder workshops to explore pesticide solutions and endangered species protection in agriculture in the Pacific Northwest.

The Washington State Potato Commission (WSPC) enjoyed daydreaming on the possibility of Wendy’s opening a location offering a “Vegan Only Menu” focused primarily on America’s favorite comfort food the potato. Take a moment to savor the April Fools article from VegNews here.

$300,000 is available in Farm to School Purchasing Grants through WSDA for school districts, childcare centers, tribal schools, tribal early learning centers and organizations that operate a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child Nutrition Program. For Washington farmers and producers, participation is a marketing opportunity to sell to small and large institutions.

Over six hundred 5^th Graders from 8 different schools showed up to the Benton Franklin County Fair grounds last Thursday and Friday to participate in the Benton Franklin County Farm Fair.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) mailed nomination forms requesting submissions for the nomination of grower elected representation on the Washington State Potato Commission (WSPC).