The Food Safety Program issues special temporary permits to agricultural producers for slaughtering one thousand and fewer ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is offering free, educational on-farm assessments to help farmers comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule.

The WSDA Animal Feed Program (AFP) collects samples of commercial animal food and ingredients for laboratory analysis under the state authorities provided in Chapter 15.53 RCW: Commercial Feed. Animal ...

In a nondescript building tucked away in Tumwater, WA a small team of scientists at WSDA’s Plant Protection, Plant Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics Lab (PPMDL) performs thousands of tests on plants ...

International representatives from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) recently traveled to Washington for ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has permanently expanded the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) ...

Rising temperatures which contribute to more prolonged heat waves. Drier summers, increased drought, lower soil moisture ...