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Breaking news: Appeals court upholds USDA decision to commercialize biotech alfalfa

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to overturn the USDA's decision to comme ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Court upholds USDA decision to commercialize biotech alfalfa

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to overturn the USDA's decision to commercialize genetically engineered alfalfa. The federal appeals court has upheld a previous decision, which found that USDA lacked the authority to regulate the biotech crop once it was determined not to be a p ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 12:37 PM

Appeals court upholds USDA decision to commercialize biotech alfalfa

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to overturn the USDA's decision to commercialize genetically engineered alfalfa. The federal appeals court has upheld a previous ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 11:27 AM

Hummus success sparks chickpea interest in other regions

As the popularity of the Middle Eastern dip hummus grows in the U.S., the number of acres of chickpeas planted in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere is expected to increase, an ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 10:07 AM

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Idaho

Retired Idaho FSA director sees new roles for agency

BOISE, Idaho -- Recently retired Idaho Farm Service Agency Executive Director Dick Rush sees short-term relief on the horizon for his former staff members, who have been asked to do more with less, but he anticipates they'll assume new duties in the long term. In the past four years, federal cuts ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 9:46 AM

California

Students saddle up for 'cattle drive'

YREKA, Calif. -- Students in Renee McKay's fourth-grade class got jobs on a "cattle drive" as part of an annual agriculture awareness day. The trail boss was young Tristan Nick, who calmly donned his bandana and took his place in front. A small strip of paper told him he'd be earning about $90 in ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 10:37 AM

Oregon

Blue Diamond closing hazelnut packing division

The hazelnut packing division of Blue Diamond Growers is shutting down operations in Oregon after more than three decades in the industry. The California-based farmers cooperative is primarily devoted to almonds and decided to discontinue the hazelnut sideline, just as it previously ended its inv ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 9:57 AM

Washington

Farmers oppose sagebrush plan

Washington state farmers are protesting federal protection for a sagebrush subspecies, saying they fear the government will take private property rights. On May 23, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will list the White Bluffs bladderpod, a subspecies of sagebrush, as a threatened species. The F ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 12:00 AM

Opinion

Readers' views for May 17, 2013

Banking bill needs support I am a third-generation farmer who lives and farms in Kitsap County, Wash. I have been involved in agriculture the majority of my 70-plus years. I am writing as an appeal to Congress to reintroduce legislation known as the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act, which ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 12:00 AM