The Washington Farm Bureau has staked out a firm and lonely position against a bill intended to help farmers avoid paying cap-and-trade taxes on fuel. Nearly a dozen farm groups and Gov. Bob Ferguson ...

A Thurston County Superior Court judge has denied an effort to make the state Department of Ecology find a way to assure farmers are exempt from paying fuel surcharges under the state’s cap-and-trade ...

The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to consider the Washington Farm Bureau’s claim that the Department of Ecology shirked its duty to shield farmers from cap-and-trade taxes on fuel. The high ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Christensen fuel truck leaves a refinery in Anacortes. Christensen, a major agricultural fuel distributor, was among the first ...

Farmers and landowners are being urged to secure fuel tanks as soaring oil prices raise fears of a surge in rural theft.

Pennsylvania farmers say economic factors like diesel fuel and fertilizer costs are pushing them to the edge.