Saturday, February 11, 2012
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 beginning a new program -- giving a couple of heifers to area youths -- Cy and Nick were two of several teenagers who submi ...
Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is asking farmers about their cost of production. NASS representatives have begun contacting a representative sample of growers nationwide for its annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey. Dave Knopf, director of NASS in Washington state, said t ...
Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:00 AM
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Champis the bunny doesn't only hop -- he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job. The 5-year-old pet rabbit from the small village of Kal in northern Sweden shot to online fame last we ...
Friday, February 03, 2012 9:56 AM
The past year had its ups and downs, but luckily for the family, one of the ups has been the cattle market. Having just sold last year's calves and having close to 20 years of cattle markets to compare since I came back to the ranch after college, I can say I much prefer selling in an "up" market ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:00 AM
-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/x3Dw5o ) the body of Kelly Verceles was found Wednesday. Owyhee County authorities say Verceles appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was scheduled to appear in court next Friday on charges of felony burglary, grand theft and conspiracy for ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:56 PM
Several scholarships are available to ag students in the region. They are as follows: Ag education foundation scholarships offered The Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation announces that applications are available for two scholarship programs for the 2012-2013 academic year. Oregon Farm Bu ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:46 AM
This calendar lists activities related to agriculture that are scheduled for the next few weeks. To submit items to the calendar, send an e-mail with information to calendar@capitalpress.com or go to calendar.capitalpress.com FEBRUARY NATION Feb. 7 -- Best of the Best in Wheat and Barley Resear ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:00 AM
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Fred McMechan Plath, owner of Washington Fruit and Produce Co., one of the state's largest tree fruit companies, died Jan. 25 in Yakima. He was 89. Plath was president of the company in the 1960s, '70s and '80s, decades that saw strong growth. The company was started by his fathe ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:00 PM
Few people would expect to tear up at a museum exhibit about soil, but it's happened. Siobhan Starrs, project manager for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, said viewers have become emotional as they watched a video on the problems caused by soil degradation, such as the 1930s Du ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:00 PM
David Hillesland discovered his talent as a chainsaw artist after breaking his neck in a fall and being temporarily paralyzed. He now wants to use his newfound skills to help others dealing with physical challenges. Hillesland, 30, is a chainsaw sculptor who retains enough of his early career as ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:00 AM
This calendar lists activities related to agriculture that are scheduled for the next few weeks. To submit items to the calendar, send an e-mail with information to calendar@capitalpress.com or go to calendar.capitalpress.com JANUARY IDAHO Jan. 30 -- Idaho Conference on Refugees Employer Track ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:00 AM
(http://bit.ly/zc9XCJ ) that the mix has chopped the city's de-icing bill by more than half. No, the beet-based de-icer doesn't make the streets run red. And it's not edible: Sugar beets are typically used for making sugar, not for serving on tables. Martin says before the city started ma ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:33 AM
ST. HELENA, Calif. -- As a third-generation member of a Napa Valley ag family, Mark Macias has deep roots in the region's fertile soil. But his efforts to promote agriculture go beyond his job as a supervisor at a vineyard management company. He also volunteers his time and expertise to help FFA ...
Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:00 AM
Tom Mick, the retiring CEO of the Washington Grain Commission, is a forward-thinker and a champion for wheat and barley farmers, industry members say. Mick announced Jan. 12 he will retire from the commission June 30 after 25 years. Mick said in a press release that working for Washington wheat ...
Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:00 AM
Kristen Kaste of Tillamook County is the 2012 Oregon dairy princess-ambassador. She was presented the crown Jan. 14 in Salem by 2011 Oregon Dairy Princess-Ambassador Jessica Budge of Sherwood. Kaste, 20, is a graduate of Tillamook High School and is studying agriculture at Oregon State Universit ...
Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:00 AM
Smith recently named Apple Citizen of the Year, rode in parade YAKIMA, Wash. -- Tim Smith wasn't sure he wanted the crown on his head. It's a bit heavy and 68 years old with costume jewels falling off here and there. But a good sport, the new Northwest Cherry King wore the crown for a few moments ...
Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:00 AM
After a few years of having winters we'd like to forget, this year we've gotten a winter we want to remember -- so far. Yesterday was Jan. 10 and I did chores wearing a vest instead of a jacket and there wasn't a speck of snow on the ground. It was so nice I even had my earflaps tucked up inside ...
Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:00 AM
This calendar lists activities related to agriculture that are scheduled for the next few weeks. To submit items to the calendar, send an e-mail with information to calendar@capitalpress.com or go to calendar.capitalpress.com JANUARY NATION Jan. 25-28 -- American Sheep Industry Association ann ...
Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:00 AM
Scott Dahlman, formerly a public policy analyst and national affairs director for the Washington Farm Bureau, has been named the new executive director of Oregonians for Food and Shelter. Dahlman replaces Terry Witt, who is retiring Jan. 27 after 25 years at the helm of the farm and forest trade g ...
Monday, January 16, 2012 12:24 PM
A longtime leader in the Washington grain industry will retire this summer. Tom Mick has announced he will retire as chief executive officer of the Washington Grain Commission. Mick's last day will be June 30. Mick said in a grain commission press release that working for Washington wheat and ba ...
Friday, January 13, 2012 10:12 AM
WENATCHEE, Wash. -- Don Elfving was raised on a walnut orchard near Walnut Creek, Calif., back in the 1940s and '50s when that town was a long way by two-lane highway from San Francisco. He was interested in science, collecting insects and reptiles as a youngster. He went to the University of Cal ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:00 AM
Using draft horses on the farm is a romantic notion entertained by a few rural landowners, but some farmers use their draft horses to add income to their operations. "You probably have more opportunities to make money with draft horses than you do with regular horses, because you can do hayrides ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:00 AM
This calendar lists activities related to agriculture that are scheduled for the next few weeks. To submit items to the calendar, send an e-mail with information to calendar@capitalpress.com or go to calendar.capitalpress.com JANUARY NATION Jan. 17 -- Planning for Profit II: Online Whole Farm ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:00 AM
COLFAX, Wash. -- Tom Kammerzell's reputation as an innovator is one reason his neighbors elected him commissioner of the Port of Whitman County. Kammerzell, 52, manages about 900 acres and raises about 80 head of registered Highland cattle with wife, Cheryl, on Maple K Farms in Colfax, Wash. Kam ...
Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:00 AM
'Pay it forward" was a term I heard first in a movie by that name. From what I remember, it was about a kid who came up with the idea of doing something nice for someone and rather than take any payment or return favor, he just tells them to "pay it forward" -- do something nice for the next perso ...
Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:00 AM
POCATELLO, Idaho -- Tom Lucia worked in soaked clothing during the spring evenings of his childhood, pouring buckets of sap into a drum he lugged on a sled through slushy maple groves. Winter mornings on his family's small Vermont maple syrup and dairy farm involved milking cows with his brother, ...
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