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Calendar for May 3, 2013

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Rural Life

Chamber seeks nominations for Agricultural Hall of Fame

STOCKTON, Calif. -- The chamber of commerce here is seeking nominations for its annual inductions in the San Joaquin County Agricultural Hall of Fame, which honors people who have ...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:02 PM

Potato Board marketing VP switches to avocados

The U.S. Potato Board's vice president of domestic marketing, Kathleen Triou, announced June 12 she's leaving her position to rejoin the organization's former president and chief e ...

Thursday, June 13, 2013 9:13 AM

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Forestry leader retires to watch trees grow

CHEHALIS, Wash. -- After 10 years as executive director of the Washington Farm Forestry Association, Rick Dunning says he will retire July 1 to take care of four F's: "Family, fa ...

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 9:35 AM

Agri-Women go to Washington, D.C.

Kylie-Ann Gray wanted to make sure members of Congress know about the impact the White Bluffs Bladderpod might have on her neighbors. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service extend ...

Monday, June 10, 2013 5:29 PM

Research Center

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Search is on for disease resistant hop varieties

Farmers in Oregon are trying to develop new disease-resistant hop varieties with a novel "pot-in-pot" system that allows for easier replacement and segregation of plants. "This ...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:12 AM

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How to reduce Crooked Calf Syndrome potential

Crooked Calf Syndrome (CCS) is a malformation of calves resulting from cows grazing certain species of lupine during early pregnancy. Typical skeletal deformities in these crook ...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:43 AM

Spending bill includes funding for citrus disease research

FRESNO -- A Florida congressman who serves on the House of Representatives Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee announced he has secured funding in a spending bill for additiona ...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:12 PM

UC scientists receive $450,000 to study pesticide alternatives

SALINAS, Calif. -- Two University of California scientists here have received about $450,000 in state grants for research to improve crop yields and reduce pesticide-associated ris ...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:02 PM

Profit Center

Rep requests APHIS meeting, timeline in GMO wheat probe

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., has requested a timeline for the USDA investigation into genetically engineered wheat found in northeast Oregon in May. In a letter to Kevin ...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:53 AM

Potato council to hold summer meeting in Walla Walla

National Potato Council leaders will determine their organization's next direction during the summer meeting, June 26-28 in Walla Walla, Wash. Council CEO John Keeling said ...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:42 AM

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Spokane ag companies tell their stories

Representatives of three Spokane area agricultural companies shared their stories with local business leaders during a recent forum. Tom Stachecki of Angus Meats, Craig Higashi ...

Monday, June 17, 2013 10:41 AM

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NW researchers talk nitrogen timing for biennial canola

PENDLETON, Ore. -- Northwest researchers are advising farmers who plant their canola earlier to take care in when they apply nitrogen fertilizer. Oregon State University Extensi ...

Thursday, June 13, 2013 9:13 AM

Outdoors

Obama appoints REI executive to Interior cabinet post

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated outdoor business executive Sally Jewell to lead the Interior Department. Obama said Jewell, president and ch ...

Wednesday, February 06, 2013 6:47 AM

Owyhee County facing grazing reductions

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The Bureau of Land Management is restricting grazing on allotments in Owyhee County after a federal judge's ruling in a lawsuit over sage grouse habitat. ...

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:58 PM

Biologists say 60,000 fish fry die at McCall site

MCCALL, Idaho (AP) -- State fish biologists are blaming a water supply problem at the fish hatchery in McCall for the death of an estimated 60,000 Chinook salmon fry. Idaho De ...

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 7:08 AM

Judge keeps wolf season going outside Yellowstone

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana judge issued an injunction Friday allowing wolf trapping and hunting to continue outside Yellowstone National Park, as lawmakers in Helena a ...

Friday, January 18, 2013 4:56 PM

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