Washington cherry growers expect 10% larger crop than 2024. Labor shortages linked to delays from California harvest and immigration fears. Growers cite rising costs and limited pricing control as ...

Dr. Tao Sheng Kwan-Gett, Department of Health chief science officer, urged Washington residents, particularly farm workers, and those with bird flocks to get their seasonal influenza vaccination.

Washington has more than 250 licensed farm labor contractors. Collectively, they recruit, employ and transport an estimated 50,000 domestic and foreign workers in Washington each year. By law ...

A Pasco, Wash., farm labor contractor was fined $138,250 for several violations, including failing to disclose to 383 workers the details of their employment, according to the state Department of ...

As the season progresses, the pickers generally can finish their cherry season in Montana’s Flathead Valley before returning to Washington to pick pears. In late summer, they start the massive ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture announced late Friday afternoon that H5N1 bird flu was spreading in a large commercial chicken flock in Franklin County, but did not identify the farm.

The ruling is the latest legal setback in a cherry patent dispute for Van Well Nursery, Monson Fruit and Gordon and Sally Goodwin, who grow fruit trees near Wenatchee, Wash.