Washington Agribusiness: Status and Outlook is an annual publication prepared by Washington State University faculty in the School of Economic Sciences. It is intended to be a concise overview of Washington’s current and near-term agricultural activity. The publication is broken down into two primary sections. Section I reviews the status of various sub-sectors in agriculture and provides short-term projections or areas of focus moving forward. Section II provides specialty research focused on agricultural economic issues such as agricultural futures markets, organic farming, wheat milling, etc.

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