Washington State has reached Stage 4 status in the National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS) program, confirming that no cases of ...

Wait ‘til tomorrow." Bruce Hutton, a seasoned field veterinarian with the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), ...

This year the Livestock Identification Advisory Committee will have several positions open. The committee provides advice to the director of the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) ...

Plan your meals: Develop a weekly meal plan to ensure you use all the ingredients you have on hand and avoid impulse purchases. Store food properly: Keep refrigerated foods in covered containers or ...

As spring bird migration brings thousands of birds to Washington state, it also increases the risk of avian influenza (bird flu) spreading through the region. Migratory waterfowl like ducks, geese, ...

PASCO – Annual Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) treatments are underway in South Central Washington. The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is conducting Japanese beetle treatments ...

A Cottage Food Permit allows a resident of Washington state to make food that is not potentially hazardous such as baked goods, candies, jams, jellies, preserves, fruit butters, dry spice blends, or ...

Some products, such as nuts, eggs, alcoholic beverages, lotions and cosmetics, have specific regulations that govern how they're handled, who can sell them, where their sold and a host of other ...

Washington State's 21 agricultural commodity commissions are engaged primarily in marketing and/or research related to a specific commodity. They are funded by producer assessments and vary in size ...