Sustainable dairy digester programs receive $13.8 million Commerce investment
Funding will help reduce methane, wastewater from dairy manure and organic waste
Agriculture
Applications open for Snohomish County Conservation Futures grants
Up to $9 million in grant funding available for preservation of open space, ag land, and timberland.
Grain project at Port of Chehalis boosts farmers in southwest Washington
Grain growers gets help to transport their crops.
Meat processing facility in Tenino moves forward
New center will help fill a long-standing gap for area ranchers.
Farmers markets rally around vendors who lost their home; Clean Air Agency visits ag board – Nate’s Notes
Here are several items of note about agriculture in the Puget Sound region
Delegation traveled to DC to talk red raspberry trade
Representatives from the Washington Red Raspberry Commission traveled to Washington, D.C. in early June to advocate for the industry’s trade priorities.
Commission officials met with members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, as well as senior agricultural staff and administration officials, to engage in discussions
Northwest cherry numbers could lead to better prices for growers
Phinney and University District farmers markets hosts cherry tasting events in the coming weeks.