200 wild horses rounded up in Idaho

Hardin County farmer's corn pops in field

Mo., Premium Standard reach deal on hog odor issue

Environmental groups question oyster safety

Moth 'can be fought effectively'

Hoop house subsidies come to Idaho

SWEET, Idaho -- A new government program is helping organic farmers extend their growing season through the use of simple hoop houses. Forty-three states participated in a pilot program this year offered through USDA's Environmental Quality Incentives Program Organic Initiative. One of sev ...

Moth 'can be fought effectively'

California county agriculture commissioners are optimistic about the prospects of getting rid of the European grapevine moth. "Basically, we're going to have to eradicate the pest," said Tye Hafner, Fresno County's deputy agricultural commissioner for Fresno County. The infestation "is ver ...

Fees to offset $400,000 budget cut

SALEM -- The Oregon Department of Agriculture will use fees to cover some of the $400,000 it will lose from its general fund operating budget as a result of lower state revenue projections. State economists on Aug. 26 announced state revenues were down $373 million from earlier estimates. ...

National expert leads swine insemination school

Washington State University Extension's swine artificial insemination school will take place 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Grant County Fairgrounds, 3953 Airway Drive NE in Moses Lake, Wash. The school offers the basics of artificial insemination, according to a press release. National exp ...

APHIS fumbles on bio-beets

While the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service considers its next step in the regulation of Roundup Ready sugar beets, we take note of criticisms leveled at APHIS by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in his Aug. 13 10-page ruling that banned the genetically engineered crop's further ...