Good Fruit Grower16h
Citing funding shortfall, advanced.farm shuts down work on apple harvester
Due to a lack of funding, advanced.farm, developer of an automated apple harvester that was close to commercialization, ...
Local brewers, apple farmers brace for economic impact as tariffs raise production costs
The uncertainty around tariffs is trickling down to Main Streets across the mountains as local growers and brewers watch the ...
‘A nightmare for our farmers.’ Eastern WA growers could take big hits from tariffs
Washington exported $857 million in food products to China in 2023. Those exports were led by beef ($207 million), seafood ($166 million), wheat ($105 million), hay ($103 million), legumes ($42 ...
Spokane Public Radio6d
When did Washington become the center of the apple world?
Washington has developed a reputation as apple country, given its ideal climate for several varieties of the fruit. But ...
Good Fruit Grower1d
Washington Apple Commission resumes full funding of its USApple dues
On March 20, the Washington Apple Commission voted to rescind the cap it placed on funding provided to the U.S. Apple ...
Rising Kashmir9d
US shadow over Kashmiri apples as Prez Trump slashes tariffs on Washington apples
Trump’s recent announcement to reduce tariffs on Washington apples, fearing it will severely affect India’s domestic fruit ...
Capital Press6d
Washington House passes farm fuel bill, rejects Farm Bureau’s proposal
The House passed a bill to help farmers avoid paying cap-and-trade taxes on fuel, rejecting a measure supported by the ...
The Olympian15d
‘A nightmare for our farmers.’ Eastern WA growers could take big hits from tariffs
they will be able to farm at all.” Cantwell’s office wrote that retaliatory tariffs from India, once Washington’s second largest apple export market, cost growers hundreds of millions of ...