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In this issue:
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Conservation on Working Lands Survey
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Rotational Grazing Field Day 9am to 1pm, April 27th, Colvin Ranch
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New Regular Column: "From the Farmer's Field"
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Lewis County Allocates $800,000 for Grain Storage
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Value-Added Food Processing Workshop, May 15th
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Farmers with Wireworms Wanted!
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USDA 2017 Census of Agriculture Data Available
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Olympian Op-ed on Farming, and Farmers, in Thurston County
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Conservation District Soil Testing Program
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News, Farms, Funding, Jobs
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Upcoming Events
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Conservation on Working Lands Survey
How do farmers survive endangered species? Help us understand farmer perspectives on balancing farming with natural resource management. Please completed a WSU ‘Conservation on Working Lands Survey’. Please click here for the link. The survey is anonymous and open to farm operations with or without livestock (and only takes about 10 minutes to complete).
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Annual Prairie Grazing Field Day Scheduled for April 27th
Pasture Management and Rotational Grazing Workshop. April 27th from 9am to 1pm at Colvin Ranch in Tenino, WA. Come learn about rotational grazing, the western Washington pasture calendar to plan rotational grazing, native plant communities on grazing lands and more. Light refreshments will be served, please RSVP. Please visit the events page for event information including location.
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Farmer Feature
A new Ag Sounder newsletter column focuses on information, resources, and perspectives direct from farmers, for farmers. In this edition of “from the farmer’s field”, we hear from Jim Johnson of Johnson Berry Farm about his berry farm and processing operation, and how he has been able to find success through food processing. Read the column here!
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Lewis County Allocates $800,000 for Grain Storage Facility
The Lewis County Commission awarded $800,000 to an ambitious grain storage and transload facility project at the Port of Chehalis, a mark of serious buy in to the port’s vision of the county’s agricultural future. The facility would create several grain production & marketing opportunities in the region. Read the full article here.
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Value-Added Food Processing Workshop
Join us for a free Value-added Food Processing workshop May 15th at the Thurston County Fairgrounds from 6pm to 8:30pm. Participants will learn about licensing requirements from WSDA and Thurston County staff, available processing facilities, recent WSU Extension research on the market opportunities for processed produce. Registration is free, and opens at 5:30pm. Information here.
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Do you have wireworms?
The WSU Thurston County Extension is seeking farmer cooperators for a wireworm study in 2019. Cooperator farmers will make a small plot available, and WSU will evaluate trap cropping with wheat as compared to an organically-approved spinosad insecticidal bait and a no-management control. Contact WSU Extension if interested, bramwell@wsu.edu. Project information available here.
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USDA 2017 Census of Agriculture Data Available
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture, spanning some 6.4 million new points of information about America’s farms and ranches. Access the USDA Press Release here.
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Olympian Op-Ed on Farming, and Farmers, in Thurston County
As necessary, and pleasurable, as food and eating are in our lives, opportunities to become familiar with farming in Thurston County are rare. How much farmland remains? How many farmers? How many of our family, friends, or neighbors make their primary, or even more than 25 percent, of their income from farming? Is agricultural business activity healthy and expanding, or not? ....Read on.
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Soil testing program open in limited capacity
TCD is TCD is re-opening the Soil Testing Program on a limited basis until sufficient funding and staffing is available to open the program fully. Beginning immediately, the TCD soil testing program will be open for sample drop offs only on Wednesdays from 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm. Results will be available 7-10 days after. Questions about how to take a sample or what the benefits of a soil test are? Contact Nicole Warren, Resource Technician.
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News, Farms, Funding & Jobs
Upcoming events
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