Events

Chopping Mustard

Young leaders

Potato storage

Wheat Harvest

Farming heritage

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.

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

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

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

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WFB Women's Spring Leadership Conference

Start: 7:45 am

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WFB Women's Spring Leadership Conference

End: 12:00 pm

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DEADLINE for CECs to submit Multi-County forms and first Early Endorsement recommendations

Start: 8:00 am

End: 5:00 pm

Okanogan County Farm Bureau Safety Workshop(19 days)
Chelan and Douglas Counties Farm Bureau Safety Workshop(20 days)
Grant and Adams Counties Farm Bureau Safety Workshop(21 days)
Wall Walla/Columbia/Blue Mtn/Whitman Counties Farm Bureau Safety Workshop(22 days)
Yakima West County Farm Bureau Safety Workshop(26 days)

The only sustainable form of food production is organic.

Fact: Yield would decline by 30 to 40 percent if the industry converted to totally organic food production, according to studies. To produce necessary nitrogen, unachievable shifts in green manure or cattle production would need to occur.