Send A Message-WSTFA Pt 2

A bill meant to give farmers a 12-week overtime exemption failed to get enough support for passage during the recently ended legislative session in Olympia.

Severe damage from a polar vortex that hit British Columbia in January was a hot topic at the recent British Columbia Fruit Grower convention.

Wild Hive CEO, Allison Beadle shares plans to market Washington red raspberries.

Wild Hive CEO, Allison Beadle shares plans to market Washington red raspberries.

They could not be any happier about once again exporting apples to India, but Washington Apple Commission president Todd Fryhover says growers know there’s still plenty of work left to build back what used to be our number 2 market.

They could not be any happier about once again exporting apples to India, but Washington Apple Commission president Todd Fryhover says growers know there’s still plenty of work left to build back what used to be our number 2 market.

Folks in the tree fruit industry, and agriculture in general, are being encouraged to speak up and help educate lawmakers in Olympia about the good and the bad in the changes they propose.

Folks in the tree fruit industry, and agriculture in general, are being encouraged to speak up and help educate lawmakers in Olympia about the good and the bad in the changes they propose.

Jon DeVaney, President of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association, says SSB 6304 contains a provision that would prohibit trucks over 10,000 from idling longer than 5 minutes.

Jon DeVaney, President of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association, says SSB 6304 contains a provision that would prohibit trucks over 10,000 from idling longer than 5 minutes.