Trump administration’s deportation push has caused turmoil within the state’s farm labor workforce as federal legislation ...

Washington's apple growers are looking for new markets to make up for the expected loss of business after Mexico, their biggest customer, imposed tariffs on purchases, a top trade official said.

This story first appeared in the Washington State Standard. When organic wheat farmer Joel Huesby was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s in southeast Washington, many teens sought jobs in the region's ...

TONASKET, Okanogan County – Ever since Eve bit the forbidden fruit, apples have held a certain mystique. They say that one a day keeps the doctor away. Billions per year keep Washington farms hopping.

WASHINGTON STATE — Apple growers in Washington are speaking out about the potential impacts to their operations amid stalled trade talks between the U.S. and Canada. Farm technology expert Arthur ...

Honeycrisp named second most popular apple in WA. Cosmic Crisp enters top 5 apple varieties for the first time. Labor shortages and trade tariffs could reduce harvest and strain export market.

In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, a box of Cosmic Crisp apples is shown at Washington State University’s Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center in Wenatchee, Wash. The apple is a brand new ...

It was a sound before it was a taste: a sharp, explosive crunch. When David Bedford took his first bite of the mystery apple in 1988, he knew he’d found gold. That syrupy-sweet and shockingly crisp ...

It’s harvest time here in the Evergreen State, and we apple growers are looking at a bumper crop. But for many, that won’t be enough to stave off bankruptcy. Because as The Seattle Times correctly ...

A worker picks apples in this file photo take at Flat Top Orchard on Highway 124 about three miles from Burbank in Walla Walla County. Tri-City Herald file Honeycrisp named second most popular apple ...