A Japanese beetle in the Grandview area in 2021. (Washington State Department of Agriculture) Washington’s agriculture department is seeking more than $13 million to deal with a pair of invasive ...

Pest Program is proposing eradication projects for the spring of 2026 to eradicate spongy moth and Japanese beetle. The ...

Pest Program has announced plans to eradicate spongy moth and Japanese beetle populations in several counties during spring ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington Department of Agriculture has issued a warning about the New World Screwworm (NWS), a parasitic fly not currently found in the United States but detected ...

A pet cat has died of avian influenza in Eastern Washington following reports of detection of the disease in wild birds, ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture plans to ban untreated firewood from other states to prevent the introduction of invasive insects. Washington would join Oregon as among the states that ...

A new initiative called Growing with AI will bring together the state's tech giants and diverse farming community to tackle ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Washington state over $4 million to boost specialty crops in 2025. This funding, through the Specialty Crop Block Grant program, aims to ...

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Agriculture has confirmed a case of the bird flu in a commercial poultry flock in Grant County. The Washington State Department of Health and ...