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Pacific Northwest Ag Network
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![Interview: Discovering The WA 64 Apple During Spring Field Tour](http://townsquare.media/site/1144/files/2024/07/attachment-6-4.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Interview: Discovering The WA 64 Apple During Spring Field Tour
The Pacific Northwest Ag Network recently visited Prosser for the WA 64 Spring Field Tour. We spoke with the scientists behind the WA 64 apple to learn more.
![Interview: College of Agricultural Sciences Insights at OSU/ARS Pendleton](http://townsquare.media/site/1144/files/2024/06/attachment-7-3.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Interview: College of Agricultural Sciences Insights at OSU/ARS Pendleton
This June, PNW Ag went to the OSU and USDA-ARS Field Day at the Pendleton Station. Here we talked with Oregon State University's Dean for the College of Agricultural Sciences, Staci Simonich.
![Interview: Pre-Harvest Cherry Tour Insights with Dr. Ashley Thompson](http://townsquare.media/site/1144/files/2024/06/attachment-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Interview: Pre-Harvest Cherry Tour Insights with Dr. Ashley Thompson
Earlier this month, PNW Ag attended the Pre-Harvest Cherry Tour, hosted in Oregon. We spoke with Dr. Ashley Thompson, the OSU Extension Tree Fruit Horticulturalist for Wasco and Hood River County, to learn more about the event.
![Horse Heaven Crop Tour with WSU and Limagrain Cereals (Interview)](http://townsquare.media/site/1144/files/2024/06/attachment-WA-Horse-Heaven-Field-Day.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Horse Heaven Crop Tour with WSU and Limagrain Cereals (Interview)
We interviewed Limagrains at the Horse Heaven Crop Tour to learn more about this WSU driven event.
![Interview: Women in Manufacturing Growing In Yakima Valley](http://townsquare.media/site/1144/files/2024/05/attachment-WA-WiM-Haas.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Interview: Women in Manufacturing Growing In Yakima Valley
Pacific Northwest Ag Network spoke with members of the Women in Manufacturing board during a recent event at John I. Haas in Yakima to learn more about their presence.
![USDA Announces $824M to Protect Livestock Health; Launches Voluntary H5N1 Dairy Herd Status Pilot Program](http://townsquare.media/site/1144/files/2024/05/attachment-USDA-Bird-Flu-Dairy-Pilot.jpg?w=980&q=75)
USDA Announces $824M to Protect Livestock Health; Launches Voluntary H5N1 Dairy Herd Status Pilot Program
USDA is adding an additional $824 million in emergency funding to bolster efforts to stop the spread of the H5N1 virus.
![USDA, HHS Announce New Actions to Reduce Impact and Spread of H5N1](http://townsquare.media/site/1144/files/2024/05/attachment-USDA-H5N1-Response.jpg?w=980&q=75)
USDA, HHS Announce New Actions to Reduce Impact and Spread of H5N1
The USDA and HHS announce new steps to help reduce the impact of H5N1 for humans, dairy operations, and other food items.
![NRCS Idaho releases May 2024 Water Supply Outlook Report](http://townsquare.media/site/1144/files/2024/05/attachment-Idaho-Water-Supply.jpg?w=980&q=75)
NRCS Idaho releases May 2024 Water Supply Outlook Report
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Idaho has released the May Water Supply Outlook Report.
![Washington State continues quest to eradicate invasive Spartina](http://townsquare.media/site/1144/files/2024/05/attachment-WA-Spartina.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Washington State continues quest to eradicate invasive Spartina
This year’s treatment season for Spartina, an aggressive invasive weed, starts June 1 and will continue through November.
![Chinook fry lost after mechanical failure at Samish Hatchery](http://townsquare.media/site/1144/files/2024/05/attachment-WA-Salmon-Fry-Lost.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Chinook fry lost after mechanical failure at Samish Hatchery
Approximately 1 million young Chinook salmon have died at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)’s Samish Hatchery near Burlington after a mechanical failure at 1 a.m. on Monday morning, April 29.