Category: Farming Show

Dillon Honcoop talks with Bill Bryant on berry trade issues and George Boggs on the Rich Appel Vim Wright award

Host Dillon Honcoop welcomes Tom Nelson to talk salmon recovery. Then, Nichole Embertson of the Whatcom Conservation District joins in to talk about their new DNA- testing program, designed to give fact-based assessments of the root cause of ground water pollution.

Host Dillon Honkoop talks with Dan Wood on PCHB and Dr Jen McIntyre on urban pollution killing salmon.

Host Dillon Honkoop talks to Environmental consultant David Haggith on soil sampling & nutrient management and Chris Benedict on upcoming Small Fruit Conference.

Host Dillon Honcoop welcomes dairy industry analyst Lee Mielke to discuss what the Canadian trade concessions in the renegotiated NAFTA agreement mean for Whatcom County dairy farmers. Then, author Dan Daggett joins Dillon to discuss a variety of topics including grazing and an upcoming event for the Citizen’s Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR).

Host Dillon Honcoop welcomes Frank Corey of Whatcom Conservation District to detail fish-friendly floodgates as a part of conservation efforts. Then, Dillon congratulates Randy Kortus of Lynden on his winning of the 2018 Dairy Breeder Award from the National Dairy Shrine.

Small family farms in the upper Skagit Valley are being threatened by non-native elk that continue to multiply, consume farmers crops and destroy property. Bill Schmidt, Skagit County Farm Bureau President and Randy Goode, Skagit County Cattlemen’s Association Vice President join host Dillon Honcoop to explain what created the problem, and what they want the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife to do about it. Then: It’s corn chopping season, and independent dairy nutritionist and dairy farmer John Vander Veen joins Dillon to explain why that field corn crop that’s being harvested is so crucial to cow’s health and the the milk that they produce.

Host Dillon Honcoop highlights Farm Tour weekend in Whatcom County. He welcomes Whatcom Family Farming’s Outreach Coordinator, Gavin Willis, to talk about the tour and rural to urban outreach.

Host Dillon Honcoop welcomes Republican Representatives Luanne Van Werven and Vincent Buys of Lynden to discuss the apology by Evergreen State College’s president over use of taxpayer funded resources to Sarbanand Farms protests. Then, an update of water rights and farming with Henry Bierlink, Executive Director of the Washington Red Raspberry Commission.

Host Dillon Honcoop highlights cooperative efforts between farmers and government to save fish and wildlife in Double Ditch stream earlier in the week. Then, the importance of the Northwest Washington Fair.