Attend this year’s Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center (HAREC) Potato Field Day on June 26, 2024 starting at 7:45 a.m. at Oregon State University’s HAREC located at 2121 S. 1^st Street in Hermiston Oregon.

The 2024 Washington State Commerical Seed Lot Profile and Potato Field Day Preview takes place on Thursday, June 27, 2024 at the WSU Othello Research Unit, 1471 W. Cox Rd. in Othello, Washington.

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced the 2024/2025 rates it will charge for voluntary grading, inspection, certification, auditing, and laboratory services for a variety of agricultural commodities including meat, poultry, fruits, vegetables, eggs, dairy products, rice, cotton, and tobacco.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public webinar on June 18, 2024, from 10 am to 11 am to provide an overview of its mitigation menu website describing options for reducing pesticide exposure to nontarget species from agricultural crop uses.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public webinar on June 18, 2024, from 10-11 AM Pacific Time to provide an overview of its mitigation menu website that will describe mitigation options for reducing pesticide exposure to nontarget species from agricultural crop uses, which will be a pesticide use requirement going forward. 

On June 10th, 2024, the WSPC elected Kraig Knutzen, Dist. 3 of Burlington as Chair of the Washington State Potato Commission effective July 1, 2024 and continuing through June 30, 2025.

Agricultural producers should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office to complete crop acreage reports before the applicable deadline after planting is complete. July 15 is a major deadline for most crops, but acreage reporting deadlines vary by county and by crop.