Taste Washington Day is a special occasion for school districts around the state to celebrate Farm to School and local ...

International representatives from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) recently traveled to Washington for their annual week-long visit. This five-day event included one-on-one ...

In a nondescript building tucked away in Tumwater, WA a small team of scientists at WSDA’s Plant Protection, Plant Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics Lab (PPMDL) performs thousands of tests on plants ...

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has permanently expanded the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) quarantine, added clarifying language and made additional requirements ...

The Food Safety Program issues special temporary permits to agricultural producers for slaughtering one thousand and fewer ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is offering free, educational on-farm assessments to help farmers comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule.

View a map of eligible compost facilities. iFrames are not supported on this page. View WSDA's Soil Sampling Protocol in English. View WSDA's Soil Sampling Protocol in Spanish. Each Compost ...

The WSDA Animal Feed Program (AFP) collects samples of commercial animal food and ingredients for laboratory analysis under the state authorities provided in Chapter 15.53 RCW: Commercial Feed. Animal ...

Wildfire season in Washington state is in full swing, and farmers and ranchers should be prepared in the event of wildfire. If you live in Washington, you know wildfires can pose a significant threat.