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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Tenn. and Ky. beef profits hit historic highs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- There's reason for optimism down on the farm, providing that's a beef cattle operation in Tennessee or Kentucky. The mid-South states are the center of cow-calf beef production east of the Mississippi River. Kentucky ranks eighth nationally and Tennessee is ninth. ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 8:25 AM

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Dairy

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Mielke: Milk production, feed costs predicted to rise

The Agriculture Department raised its 2012 milk production forecast in this week's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report after lowering it slightly a month ago. L ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 10:15 AM

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Western innovator: Dairy profits on pampered cows

PAUL, Idaho -- At Horizon Organic's dairy, cows move at their own pace from the barns to the pastures and finally to the rotary milking parlor, where they calmly chew their cud a ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM

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Researchers take fight to weeds

ORLAND, Calif. -- University of California researchers are making headway in their efforts to help ranchers fight two invasive weeds that take over pastures -- and that livestock ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:00 PM

Judge denies subpoenas in PETA dairy case

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Lloyd Connelly has denied an animal rights group's motion to subpoena the confidential records of California dairy producers pertaining to their ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:44 PM

California

Wine grape harvest was down in 2011; prices higher

NAPA, Calif. (AP) -- The late freezes and untimely rain impacted California's wine grape harvest just as vintners had predicted: The 2011 harvest was down 7 percent to 3.3 million ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 4:26 PM

Federal judge dismisses GOP's political map suit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of Republicans challenging California's newly drawn congressional maps. The Californi ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 12:05 PM

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Returns rise as yield, acreage fall

RED BLUFF, Calif. -- The new head of the California Dried Plum Board says he hopes for a rebound in plum acreage in the next decade even as plantings dipped again in the last yea ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:00 AM

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More, bigger fruit key to prune profits, expert says

RED BLUFF, Calif. -- Growing more and bigger fruit rather than pinching pennies is the best way for a prune producer to maximize profits, a University of California expert advise ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:00 AM

Oregon/Washington

Northwest potato commissions name regional research director

The potato commissions of Idaho, Washington and Oregon have joined to hire a regional director of potato research. Andy Jensen assumed the position Feb. 1. According to a n ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 4:37 PM

Forestry board nominees clear committee

SALEM -- The Senate Rules Committee has given its stamp of approval to three new state Board of Forestry appointments, despite objections from five natural resource groups to on ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 4:16 PM

Apple lobbyists say H-2A reform chances growing

Sentiment for reform of the H-2A guestworker program is building in Congress, lobbyists for the U.S. apple industry say. Democrats and Republicans on the House Judiciary Subc ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 3:56 PM

Grain terminal, longshore union sign agreement

LONGVIEW, Wash. -- Representatives of the EGT grain terminal and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have signed a collective bargaining agreement, marking an end to a ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 1:55 PM

Special section/livestock

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Hay producers see high demand, prices

Feeding livestock on the West Coast has become more expensive this year, and hay prices aren't expected to drop going into the new year. "The price is generally higher than any ...

Thursday, December 01, 2011 3:00 PM

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Test your equine knowledge with a quiz

1. When a cowboy out on the range wishes for a chinook, what is he hoping for? 2. What is the primary defense mechanism of the horse? 3. In the lower leg of the horse, what is th ...

Thursday, December 01, 2011 3:00 PM

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Goats for meat are Simon Boers' specialty

HAGERMAN, Idaho -- Evelyn Simon has turned her fondness for goats into a productive business. Tapping into the demand for what some say is the fastest growing segment of the liv ...

Thursday, December 01, 2011 3:00 PM

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Longtime rancher eases into retirement with small herd

EAGLE POINT, Ore. -- It's Terry Jackson's 45th year in the livestock business. There's been a lot of repetition, more risks than some would like, and a steady trade to fall back ...

Thursday, December 01, 2011 3:00 PM

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