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Saturday, February 11, 2012

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 Director Sarah Adler says with interest rates at historically low levels, homeowners who are current on payments may be ...

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 11:32 AM

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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

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

Oregon

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

Wildlife official believes state has authority to kill wolves

SALEM -- A top Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife official said the department believes it has the right to kill problem wolves after ranchers have exhausted nonlethal techn ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 11:55 AM

Wolf bill meets opposition

SALEM -- A bill clarifying the state's authority to kill two wolves responsible for numerous livestock deaths met with opposition at a legislative hearing Feb. 9. Ivan Malusk ...

Friday, February 10, 2012 11:45 AM

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 wi ...

Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:27 PM

Bighorns difficult to capture on Wild Horse Island

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) -- Wildlife officials in Montana added a third day in their effort to capture bighorn sheep from Wild Horse Island in Flathead Lake. Officials through Fr ...

Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:27 PM

Farm Rescue taking apps for spring planting help

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) -- The nonprofit Farm Rescue organization is accepting requests for spring planting help from farmers in the Dakotas, Minnesota and eastern Montana. ...

Friday, February 03, 2012 8:37 AM

Hutterites ordered to pay $90,000 for poisoned horses

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A Hutterite colony near Cut Bank has been ordered to pay $90,274 after two horses belonging to neighboring ranchers died of strychnine poisoning. The Sev ...

Monday, January 30, 2012 3:40 PM

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