Washington boasts three of the nation's top ten wheat-producing counties. Photo by John Conniff.

Washington growers have the highest yield of potatoes per acre of any state in the country. Photo by Danielle Jensen.

Washington is second to only California in the number of agricultural products that it produces - over 230. Photo by Danielle Jensen.

Fourteen Young Farmers & Ranchers program leaders from Washington enjoyed the 2008 YF&R Leadership Conference in Baltimore.

Soft white wheat is a leading grain crop in Washington, with much of the crop exported. Photo by John Conniff.

Events

« Wednesday November 14, 2007 »
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88th Annual Meeting of the Washington Farm Bureau Start: 1:00 pm End: 12:00 pm Washington Farmers Re-elect Steve Appel to Lead Farm Bureau SPOKANE - Voting delegates at the Washington Farm Bureau (WFB) annual meeting on Nov. 15 elected Steve Appel, a wheat and barley grower from Whitman County, to lead them into 2008. Appel has served as WFB president since November 1994. A third-generation farmer, Appel also serves as vice president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, the nation's largest general farm organization with more than 6 million members. Appel is a graduate of Washington State University.

Globally, hunger is caused by a shortage of food.

Fact: Hunger is caused by economic, political, and social reasons more than all other causes. The world produces enough food to feed everyone.

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