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Canada Avoids Tariffs and Potato Sales Stable
The Agribusiness Update
Canada has temporarily avoided a 50% U.S. tariff after reaching a last-minute agreement with the Trump administration, and retail potato sales remained stable during the 12-month period from July 2025 through June 2026.
Almonds Put Brain and Metabolic Health to the Test
California Ag Today
California Almond Board-funded research finds potential benefits for adults with prediabetes
Ag Groups Applaud SAWA and Phosphate Tariffs Suspended
The Agribusiness Update
Major livestock groups are applauding new legislation that would expand the H-2A guest worker program to year-round agriculture, and President signs executive order temporarily suspending countervailing duties applied to imported phosphate.
CCA Tax Funds Videos
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
More news about the documentary we told you about recently, produced by the “farm activist” group We Are ELLA and the nearly half million dollars in funding they received from the state Department of Health.
CCA Funds Abuse
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The Washington State Department of Health has reportedly given nearly a half million dollars from Climate Commitment Act funds to a farming activist group that used it for spreading anti-farming information.
Idaho Ag Hall of Fame
Idaho Ag Today
Former Idaho Farm Bureau Federation CEO Rick Keller was among six people inducted into the Eastern Idaho Agriculture Hall of Fame.
Farm Bill Renewal-AFBF
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging Congress to continue work on a new farm bill.
Ag Labor and ICE
Fruit Grower Report
American Farm Bureau Federation’s Executive Vice President, Joby Young says concerns have risen since border security was strengthened under the Trump Administration.
Meet the Chefs Putting Southern Farms on the Menu
Southeast Regional Ag News
Nine new Georgia Grown Executive Chefs are partnering with farmers to highlight the flavor and impact of locally grown ingredients.
New NPC President
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The National Potato Council installed its 2026 Executive Committee leaders at the organization’s Washington Summit, including Ben Sklarczyk (SKLAR-zik) of Johannesburg, Michigan, elected to serve as the NPC's President for the next year.
FarmPath Applications Open and National Potato Council Names New President
The Agribusiness Update
Applications are open for FarmPath, a national program designed to make farming more accessible and achievable for aspiring and beginning farmers, and he National Potato Council installed its 2026 roster of Executive Committee leaders during the group’s annual Washington Summit.
Veterinary Workforce Solutions and Bayer Reaches Roundup Settlements
The Agribusiness Update
Farm Journal Foundation launched the Veterinary Workforce Solutions Program in 2022 to address the nationwide shortage of veterinarians in rural America, and Bayer and attorneys for cancer patients announced they’ve reached a proposed settlement worth $7.25 billion.
Bell Named Washington FSA Director and Ag Economy Slide to Stop
The Agribusiness Update
The Trump Administration has appointed Patrick Bell as the new State Executive Director for the USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Washington State, and Ag economists are predicting the slide in the U.S. farm economy will stop in the new year.
Samantha Parrot
Idaho Ag Today
A profile on some prominent women in agriculture in Idaho. Samantha Parrott is the executive director of the snake River Sugar Beet Growers Association.
Fresh Vs Frozen Blueberries
Fruit Grower Report
Alan Schreiber, Executive Director of the Washington Blueberry Commission, says when you break that down to fresh and processed, conventional and organic, we could still use more.
WAEF History
Fruit Grower Report
In 2025, 300-plus college students received over $1 million in scholarships this year from the Washington Apple Education Foundation, something Executive Director, Jennifer Witherbee says they’ve been doing now for a long time.
Blueberry 2025 Production Update
Fruit Grower Report
Blueberry production in Washington state continues to climb with 2025 coming in close to, if not equal, to last year’s record crop of 210 million pounds.