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WSDA Offering 2025 Japanese Beetle Treatment Sign-Up
WSDA Offering 2025 Japanese Beetle Treatment Sign-Up
WSDA Offering 2025 Japanese Beetle Treatment Sign-Up
According to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, homeowners who live in a previous Japanese beetle treatment area in Yakima or Benton counties can now give consent and sign up for 2025 Japanese beetle treatments.  WSDA said southcentral Washington homeowners can get these free treatments by getting a consent form, either in English or in Spanish, filling it out and returning it to the
Washington Awarded $2M In REAP Funds
Washington Awarded $2M In REAP Funds
Washington Awarded $2M In REAP Funds
Last week, USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that USDA is partnering with farmers and small businesses to expand access to clean energy and lower energy bills through the Rural Energy for America Program.  The USDA announced $104 million in loans and grants to support over 300 clean energy projects in 34 states.  That in...
USDA Designates Yakima As Natural Disaster
USDA Designates Yakima As Natural Disaster
USDA Designates Yakima As Natural Disaster
Late last week, the USDA designated Yakima County as a Primary Natural Disaster Area for Drought.  The designation allows FSA to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from drought through emergency loans.  Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, or to refinance certa
Washington Counties Designated As Natural Disaster Areas
Washington Counties Designated As Natural Disaster Areas
Washington Counties Designated As Natural Disaster Areas
FSA has designated half a dozen Washington counties as primary natural disaster areas due to drought.  The designation allows for the FSA to send emergency credit through emergency loans to producers in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Okanagan and Skagit counties.  According to the ...

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