Washington growers have the highest yield of potatoes per acre of any state in the country. Photo by Danielle Jensen.
Washington boasts three of the nation's top ten wheat-producing counties. Photo by John Conniff.
Fourteen Young Farmers & Ranchers program leaders from Washington enjoyed the 2008 YF&R Leadership Conference in Baltimore.
6:30 p.m.
Palouse Empire Fairgrounds Community Building, Colfax
Speaker: Kristen Hinton, WFB Western Field Manager, on "Addressing Misconceptions About Agriculture"
A person's genes can be changed by eating a genetically modified fruit or vegetable.
Fact: Not true. Your body cannot tell where a protein originates. It treats all proteins alike. A problem occurs only when a person has a food allergy, such as to peanuts or shellfish.
