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 ...

The STAR (Saving Tomorrow’s Agriculture Resources) program is gaining traction in Washington and beyond—providing a free, science-based tool to evaluate the conservation impact of farm management ...

TEFAP and TEFAP CCC Foods: WSDA Food Assistance (FA) has been responding to inquiries about the potential reduction in the amount of TEFAP Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) coming into the system.

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

Olympia — Washington State has reached Stage 4 status in the National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS) program, confirming that no cases of bird flu or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) have been ...

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.

With recent reports of an unidentified canine illness increasing across the nation, the Washington State Veterinarian is encouraging dog owners to be vigilant to keep their animals safe and healthy.

Over the weekend, the equine community in Spokane County was met with unfortunate news as two horses succumbed to the neuropathogenic strain of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) otherwise known as Equine ...

As spring bird migration brings thousands of birds to Washington state, it also increases the risk of avian influenza (bird flu) spreading through the region. Migratory waterfowl like ducks, geese, ...