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Retroactive Overtime is Fiction

unished for following the law: Is your business next? By PAM LEWISON  |  BLOG Feb 17, 2021   Imagine paying off the mortgage to your home in full and on time. Then, a month later, receiving a letter from the bank outlining an additional three years of payments owed because the bank decided your interest rate changed after you’d paid […]
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Action Item: Please encourage your legislators to support SB 5271 and HB 1217

Action Item: Please encourage your legislators to support SB 5271 and HB 1217, and encourage your friends and family to join in support as well!In November 2020, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that, moving forward, dairy farms must pay overtime rates to their employees. While this move may have been intended to help farmworkers, […]
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MEMBER ACTION – WSDA ADT Program Seeks Stakeholder Comments via Survey for Next Projects

From: Amber J Itle VMD, MSSubject: State Veterinarian News: WSDA ADT Program Seeks Stakeholder Comments for next ProjectsADT Program Seeks Stakeholder Comments for next ProjectsThe WSDA Animal Disease Traceability Program is asking for your feedback to help guide the program projects for the next 3 years. Please click on the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ADTInput2020 to complete this short survey. The survey should […]
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Cattle First Forum: Value Added and Reproduction

Please join Boehringer Ingelheim for a discussion on ways to add value toyour fall breeding season. New synchronization programs and how our products can improve breeding program. Boehringer – Ingelheim continuesputting Cattle First. When: Thursday October 15, 2020 – 5pm PDT, 6pm MDT, 7pm CDT Presenters: Jordan Thomas, Ph.D.State Beef Reproduction SpecialistUniversity of Missouri Presentation: […]
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Disaster Assistance Availability through FSA

With the recent fires that have swept through Washington State, it is understandable that a number of producers may need assistance to aid in restoration of things such as fencing, tree planting, conservation structures, or even agriculture structures. FSA also provides benefits for livestock or pasture/feed losses that were endured during these catastrophic events. This […]
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