Antibiotic pressure ramps up

Biotech laws require clarity

ESA due for birthday makeover

Farm Bureau sees value in keeping the food in food aid

Farmers markets make economic impact in Wyoming

Frost prompts replanting of many sugar beet fields

Talk of rivaling last year's Idaho record 35.5-tons-per-acre average sugar beet yield ended with mid-April killing frost, but the state's growers are pleased by the progress of their replants, facilitated by better May weather. According to Amalgamated Sugar Co.'s recent estimates, a string of te ...

California bill to establish task force to tackle metal thefts

SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers want to crack down on the chronic problem of metal theft by setting up a task force to help local law enforcement and district attorneys catch and prosecute thieves. Under a California Farm Bureau Federation-sponsored bill carried by Assemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, ...

Wyden zeros in on plan to boost logging revenue

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- Sen. Ron Wyden is zeroing in on his plan for boosting logging on federal lands in Western Oregon and helping rural counties beset by money problems. The Oregon Democrat announced Thursday a more specific framework for legislation to address complaints that so-cal ...

Columbia Basin battles first-cutting rain

WARDEN, Wash. -- For a while it looked like Columbia Basin growers might actually get first-cutting alfalfa put up this year without rain. But the rain came the night of May 20 and lingered for several days, shutting down harvest for about a week. Growers around Pasco got about half their crop ba ...

Biotech laws require clarity

Last week the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to overturn the Department of Agriculture's decision to commercialize genetically engineered alfalfa. It is the latest, but probably not the last, judicial finding concerning the crop. The appeals court upheld USDA's contention that the Pl ...