Desert Valley Growers LLC licensed as manufacturing operator in Washington

New manufacturing license issued as state roster shows ten operators losing licenses on same day.

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Machine-written from our data · source: State license roster

August 12, 2026 · 4:05 AM ET

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Desert Valley Growers LLC has been licensed as a manufacturing operator in Washington, according to the state license roster updated August 12. The approval comes as Washington's licensed manufacturing base stands at 1,009 active operators.

The licensing event coincides with ten separate license deactivations recorded the same day, affecting retail and cultivation operators including The Green Shelf, Point Edmund Retail Holdings, Stickys, Fillabong, Evolve Cannabis, Green Lady Hawks Prairie, JPC Holdings, Tru Greenthumb, and DTC Holdings (which appears three times in deactivation records). The net effect on total operator count remains unclear without confirmed opening or closure dates.

Watch whether the new entrant signals renewed appetite among applicants for manufacturing licenses in a state with pending applications currently at zero, and whether the cluster of August deactivations reflects enforcement action, voluntary surrender, or administrative processing lag.

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