Local farmers are calling out the Washington State Department of Ecology for adding to local confusion about its Whatcom water rights adjudication lawsuit with a recent attempt to correct “rumors” and “misinformation.”

Fred Likkel, Whatcom Family Farmers’ Executive Director, joins Dillon with a breakdown of Ecology’s inaccuracies and an update on the ongoing adjudication court case.

Recent data shows Washington state’s net farm income has plummeted to among nearly the worst in the nation, following years of state measures ratcheting up a long list of farming costs.

Randy Fortenbery, an agricultural economist at Washington State University, joins Dillon with the data and what it indicates may be involved in the big change.

Despite the crippling uncertainty Whatcom County farmers and other water users are facing in the state’s water rights adjudication lawsuit there, a top Washington state expert says there is hope for a resolution to the unfolding crisis.

Tom Tebb, the former director of the state’s Office of the Columbia River joins Dillon ahead of his address at Whatcom Family Farmers’ 2025 Farmer Rally to preview what he plans to share about a better path forward for Whatcom water.

In a bizarre turn of events, a Yakima, WA-based anti-farming activist nonprofit required attendees to a recent screening of their propaganda film to disclose their occupation, subsequently charging anyone listing themself as a dairy farmer $535.38 for a ticket, while all others could get a ticket for free.

Ben Tindall, Executive Director of Save Family Farming, joins Dillon with details on the apparent attempt to block dairy farmers from attending the Nov. 7 film screening at Sunnyside’s Grand Cinemas Yakima Valley, asking what the activist group may be trying to hide with the puzzling move.

In a bizarre turn of events, a Yakima, WA-based anti-farming activist nonprofit required attendees to a recent screening of their propaganda film to disclose their occupation, subsequently charging anyone listing themself as a dairy farmer $535.38 for a ticket, while all others could get a ticket for free.

Ben Tindall, Executive Director of Save Family Farming, joins Dillon with details on the apparent attempt to block dairy farmers from attending the Nov. 7 film screening at Sunnyside’s Grand Cinemas Yakima Valley, asking what the activist group may be trying to hide with the puzzling move.

Protecting Whatcom County farming and promoting a settlement to the state’s Whatcom water adjudication lawsuit are the goals of a recently unveiled proposal from County Councilman Ben Elenbaas.

Elenbaas, a 4th-generation Whatcom County farmer, joins Dillon with details on the changes he wants to make to a foundational county plan that sets the county’s growth agenda for decades to come.

Save Family Farming local affiliate Whatcom Family Farmers recently released a public statement in support of Elenbaas’ proposal, saying they could help mark a path forward in the contentious water rights adjudication that’s cast dark clouds over local farming’s future in Whatcom County.

Farmers and many others across the Pacific Northwest and beyond have followed a unique, regional weather blog over the last more than three decades.

Its followers, or “patrons” in The Weather Café parlance, have made its twice-weekly posts part of their weekly routine, relying on its insights for weather-affected planning, particularly when the possibility of major storms or other weather events are predicted.

Rufus La Lone, the forecaster behind the blog, joins Dillon the day after his last forecast post, after announcing on Oct. 15 he was retiring from the project.

They talk not just about the final two-week weather outlook, but also reflect on 31 years of The Weather Café, including some of the major storms and weather events covered, the blog’s unique approach, and how it became a fixture in the lives of tens of thousands of people across the region.

President Donald Trump’s move to allow more cheap beef from Argentina into the United States sparked a swift backlash from U.S. cattle ranchers.

Chelsea Hajny, Washington Cattlemen’s Association Executive Vice President, joins Dillon with the Washington state ranchers’ reaction to the move and Trump’s upsetting comments about it.

Accusing dairies in the Lower Yakima Valley of polluting groundwater, the U.S. Department of Justice, working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, hired University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist Dr. Rebecca Larson to make a legal declaration in support of their court case against the dairies.

But Stu Turner, an environmental contamination investigation expert, shows how Larson’s declaration amounts to bad science, and joins Dillon with details not only on how she got it wrong, but on the truth about the dairies currently in DOJ’s and EPA’s crosshairs.

In vitro fertilization technology is changing the way farmers improve their herd’s genetics, allowing them to raise the healthiest, best-producing animals much more quickly than traditional breeding.

And now Whatcom County is home to a facility where farmers can bring cows to use this technology.

McKenzie Corpron, an embryologist with Trans Ova Genetics, joins Dillon with details on the company’s new satellite center housed at Mark Van Mersbergen’s former Lynden-area dairy, Markwell Holsteins.