Spring brings good news for WA milk
Feed shortages and rising irrigation water costs have slashed Australia’s latest dairy production forecast, touting the nation’s milk delivery to fall below nine billion litres.
Local farmers lobby Washington for farm labor changes
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2011, North Carolina Farmers asked for 6,500 seasonal farm employees, only seven Americans showed up and finished the jobs asked of them on these North Carolina Farms.
Dairy Worker in Washington Charged for Stealing 30-plus Cows
A former dairy worker in Washington has been charged with first-degree livestock theft and trafficking stolen property after allegedly stealing and selling cows.
By: Wyatt Bechtel
Source: Dairy Herd
Link: https://www.dairyherd.com/article/dairy-worker-washington-charged-stealing-30-plus-cows
Washington’s dairy farmers need NAFTA — and more
With the Washington dairy industry contributing billions of dollars and thousands of jobs to the state’s economy, farmers need a modernized North American Free Trade Agreement, plus other free-trade pacts, to compete on a level field.
By: Stan Ryan
Source: The Seattle Times
Link: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/washingtons-dairy-farmers-need-nafta-and-more/
Washington takes a step toward helping dairy industry
Agriculture guestworker act a step in the right direction for farmers, ranchers, processors.
By: Chris Kraft
Source: Greeley Tribune
Link: https://www.greeleytribune.com/news/opinion/washington-takes-a-step-toward-helping-dairy-industry-proposed-tax-cuts-will-only-benefit-the-wealthy/
Water-quality trading surfaces in Washington
The Washington State Conservation Commission is studying whether farmers could earn and sell pollution-reduction credits.
By: Don Jenkins
Source: Capital Press
Link: http://www.capitalpress.com/Water/20171101/water-quality-trading-surfaces-in-washington
WA dairy farmers say cheers to brewer’s leftovers
Leftovers from Fremantle’s Little Creatures are helping feed the big creatures of one of brewery owner Lion’s WA dairy suppliers.
By: Jenne Brammer
Source: The West Australian
Link: https://thewest.com.au/business/agriculture/wa-dairy-farmers-say-cheers-to-brewers-leftovers-ng-b88551798z
Washington suspends license of raw milk dairy linked to salmonella
A strain of salmonella detected in raw milk from a Washington dairy was the same one that sickened two of the dairy’s customers in January.
By: Don Jenkins
Source: Capital Press
Washington state dairy wows with innovative water treatment system
Out on the Columbia Basin, a system of worm feces, wood chips and river rocks could spell a new solution to the vexing issue of nitrate pollution and greenhouse gases. By: Alec Regimbal
Lanco Dairy Farms Expands in Washington County
Plans to Add 15 New Jobs.