June 2025

Farmland Preservation in the news

• Skagit County protected 460 acres of farmland in 2024 | Skagit Valley Herald
  
  
• Land Trusts Join Letter to Support Farmland Conservation in Cap and Trade | California Climate & Agriculture Network
  
  
• WA Department of Commerce Grant Awarded in Support of Planning for Chimacum Commons Affordable Housing Project | Jefferson Land Trust

Agriculture in the News

• Snohomish County’s new Ag Tech program creates access for farmers | HeraldNet
  
  
• Dairy farmers brace for 'tough' year as Darigold cuts milk payments | Cascadia Daily News
  
  
• $900M Dairy Plant with 200 Jobs Fires Up in Eastern WA. Biggest in the Northwest | Tri-City Herald
  
  
• A promise finally fulfilled; Ferguson signs bill exempting ag from CCA fuel taxes | The Center Square
  
  
• Family farms get added protections with new agritourism bill | Cascadia Daily News
  
  
• Commercial bee colony collapse threatens WA apples, berries | Washington State Standard
  
  
• Closure of Del Monte in Yakima leaves pear growers in a tough position | Yakima Herald
  
  
• Apple industry stares down continued strong production and oversupply | Capital Press
  
  
• Livestock Producers Seek to Defend Packers and Stockyards Act | Civil Eats

Resources

• Organic and Climate-Smart Agriculture - A report to the Washington Legislature | WSCC and WSU
  
  
• New from Extension: Understand soil compaction, apple economics and flower biology | Washington State University

Events

• LandFest 2025 | Jefferson Land Trust
  
  
• 10th Annual Land Trust Family Picnic | North Olympic Land Trust

Job Announcements

• Farmland Preservation Program Manager | King County Careers 
  
  
• Southeast Area Regional Manager | Washington State Conservation Commission
  
  
• Community Engagement Coordinator | Great Peninsula Conservancy
  
  
• Farms Forever Event Coordinator Contract | Community Farm Land Trust
  
  
• SCC Job Board - Opportunities with Walla Walla, King, and Snohomish CDs.

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The Washington State Conservation Commission administers the Office of Farmland Preservation to address the rapid loss of working farm and forest lands in our state. Learn more: www.scc.wa.gov/ofp.