Insights

The Washington Legislature commissioned an independent review of the state's commercial shellfish fees. Greene Economics assessed whether the industry could bear full cost recovery — and pointed to a public-good solution.

Washington's first green fertilizer plant is planned for Richland. A cleaner product only helps if farmers buy it, and fertilizer runs 19 percent of variable costs for potato growers. Greene Economics analyzed the farm economics for WSDA and found no single grant closes the price gap across the state's farms.