Plant Services Program has updated the state’s Noxious Weed Seed and Plant Quarantine to include several new plant species.

With cattle prices at an all-time high livestock theft is a growing concern across Washington and the country. When cattle or ...

As a primarily volunteer effort, the Washington Bee Atlas has discovered over 25 new or rare bee species in the state. More ...

While most cases in Washington are concentrated in Central and Eastern Washington, they can occur anywhere mosquitoes are active—from late spring through fall. WNV is spread by mosquitoes that have ...

OLYMPIA – The Asian giant hornet, an invasive pest that threatens pollinators and ignores international borders, is the focus of an international effort to eradicate it in the Pacific Northwest.

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is asking Pasco and surrounding area residents to report suspected Japanese beetle sightings. WSDA found five beetles last year in Pasco ...

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA), and USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) found the first Asian giant ...

While labor intensive, visiting people to get consent is part of an intensive effort to eradicate Japanese beetle from Grandview and surrounding areas – as well a few beetles found in Pasco last year.

Updates on issues of interest to the agricultural community and the public.