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Thursday, February 09, 2012

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Colony collapse survey falls short

A lack of funding has prevented the USDA from studying the full impact of colony collapse disorder on beehives throughout the country. Congress authorized the USDA to spend $2.75 million a year for such a survey of the syndrome, known as CCD, under the last farm bill. But that money wasn't approp ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:00 AM

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California

Diamond Foods names new CEO on audit results

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Diamond Foods Inc. said Wednesday it is replacing its CEO and chief financial officer after an internal investigation found that the company improperly accoun ...

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:03 PM

Farm show vendors flush with prosperity

COLUSA, Calif. - Vendors at the 47th annual Colusa Farm Show here said their sales have been good and getting better, buoyed by strength in prices for rice, nuts and other crops ...

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 5:02 PM

Wine warehouse arsonist gets 27 years prison

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A former California wine keeper convicted of destroying more than 4.5 million bottles in a warehouse fire was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in prison. ...

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:31 PM

Appeals court cuts down Forest Service plan

The U.S. Forest Service violated environmental law by approving a plan to greatly increase allowable logging levels on national forests in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, ...

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:30 PM

Washington

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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

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Sheep ranchers say they face uncertain future

MOXEE, Wash. -- Members of the Martinez family have raised sheep in Central Washington for about 75 years and sometimes wonder how long they will be able to continue. Like sheep r ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM

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Factions cheer grain ship

LONGVIEW, Wash. -- The first shipload of grain from the new EGT grain terminal will be on its way to South Korea by this weekend. EGT officials and members of the International ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM

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Economist predicts slow growth for 2012

SPOKANE -- Economist John Mitchell says the farm sector is in good shape for the coming year, as the nation continues to climb out of the recession. Agriculture has a solid base ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM

Oregon

Water push ignites debate

SALEM -- Proposed state legislation to increase Oregon water withdrawals from the Columbia River is either a "major threat" or a welcomed jobs bill, depending on who is asked. H ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:00 AM

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Livestock group gives teens a hand and a heifer

ROSEBURG, Ore. -- Cy Holcomb and Nick Williams don't have a thousand bucks in their pockets. So when the Douglas County Livestock Association announced late last year it was beg ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM

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Marketers: Chilean apples pose little threat

WENATCHEE, Wash. -- The Southern Hemisphere apple harvest is just getting started and while it looks like a large crop, fruit size is small, a factor that should bode well for U ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM

Lawyers will outline possible labor fix at conference

ELLENSBURG, Wash. -- Labor lawyers believe they have found a potential breakthrough for providing guestworkers to Washington's short-handed tree fruit industry. Last December, a ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM

Research Center

Washington's top winery donates $1 million to wine center

KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Washington's top wine company, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates of Woodinville, has given another $1 million toward a new Washington State University Wine Science ...

Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:44 AM

Growers to review grain research proposals

The Washington Grain Commission holds its annual wheat and barley research review next week. The review begins at 10 a.m. Feb. 15 at the Holiday Inn Express in Pullman, Wash. ...

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:03 PM

LSU AgCenter to merge vet science, animal science

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The LSU Board of Supervisors has approved merging the LSU AgCenter's Department of Veterinary Science into its School of Animal Sciences. AgCenter Cha ...

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 7:32 AM

University of Delaware issues study on chicken waste

NEWARK, Del. (AP) -- A new University of Delaware study says that the Environmental Protection Agency has overestimated the amount of chicken waste that's in the nutrient runoff th ...

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 7:32 AM

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