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Events
Potato storage
Washington growers have the highest yield of potatoes per acre of any state in the country. Photo by Danielle Jensen.
Young leaders
Fourteen Young Farmers & Ranchers program leaders from Washington enjoyed the 2008 YF&R Leadership Conference in Baltimore.
Farming heritage
Washington boasts three of the nation's top ten wheat-producing counties. Photo by John Conniff.
Natural pesticides are less toxic than synthetic pesticides.
Fact: Several "natural pesticides" are highly toxic, even carcinogenic. Copper sulfate is highly toxic and shown to cause liver disease. Pyrethrin is a likely carcinogen.