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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Montana

Bison slaughter planned if migration occurs

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Yellowstone National Park administrators plan to capture and ship to slaughter potentially hundreds of wild bison if they migrate into Montana this winter in a bid to reduce disease and control the population of the animals. The captures could begin as soon as mid- ...

Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:27 PM

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Idaho

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

Bill would give barley commission authority to raise checkoff

BOISE -- A bill that would give the Idaho Barley Commission authority to raise the grower checkoff rate has been introduced in the Idaho Legislature. The legislation, which i ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 4:26 PM

Monsanto gives habitat development rights to BLM

SODA SPRINGS, Idaho -- Monsanto Co. has given up development rights to 120 acres of key wildlife habitat to compensate for lost hunting opportunities on public land where its Bl ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 4:26 PM

Otter touts 2013 budget, says there's enough cash

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter continues to champion his fiscal year 2013 budget proposal, dispatching lieutenants to the Legislature to argue that p ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 12:06 PM

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

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

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Sheepherder visas under fire

A farmworker advocacy group wants to end the federal H-2A guestworker program for sheepherders, a move that threatens the U.S. sheep industry, a representative of the Western Ran ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM

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

Nevada

USDA in Nevada announces rural refinancing program

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Rural Nevada homeowners with mortgages held by USDA Rural Development may be eligible to refinance their loans and save money. USDA Rural Development ...

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 11:32 AM

Paul: States should resolve land management issues

ELKO, Nev. (AP) -- Republican Rep. Ron Paul railed against the federal government during campaign stops in Nevada on Thursday, saying states are in the best position to resol ...

Friday, February 03, 2012 8:37 AM

Wolf apparently gives up search for mate in Nevada

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A young gray wolf's search for a mate apparently won't take him to the northern Nevada desert where the annual Burning Man festival is staged. The wolf kn ...

Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:58 PM

After banner year, weak snowpack plagues Lake Mead

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Mother Nature is a fickle mistress. One year removed from near-record snow levels that sent 4 trillion gallons of much-needed meltwater into Lake Mead, ...

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 2:55 PM

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