The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has no legal right to curtail water deliveries for irrigators in the Klamath Project to protect endangered suckerfish and coho salmon, according to an analysis spearheaded by outgoing Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.The findings, outlined in a 41-page "reass…
Randy Suess, a retired Washington wheat farmer and a former chairman of U.S. Wheat Associates, has been named to the USDA's agricultural technical advisory committee for trade in grains, feed,…
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee won't repeal emergency farmworker housing rules, leading two farm groups to contemplate suing. The groups claim the rules could be revised to benefit both employers …
About 190 acres of agriculturally zoned land in southwest Idaho would be developed as large residential lots if Canyon County approves a request by Ridgeline Vistas LLC.
As the pandemic marches on, so do many local restaurants.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Multiple storms were heading toward California on Friday in a major change toward real winter weather after weeks of scattershot precipitation that has done little to ease drought.
New presidential administration's team targets issues including climate change.
The International Dairy Foods Association will be focused on a host of issues in the new Congress and administration.
The growth in organic produce sales at retail outpaced increases in conventional produce sales in 2020.
Plans for a major West Coast liquefied natural gas pipeline and export terminal have hit a snag with federal regulators after a years-long legal battle that has united tribes, environmentalist…
Farmworkers and food processing workers younger than 50 will be able to get inoculated for COVID at the same time as their older co-workers, according to Washington's new vaccination plan.
The Capital Press asked several farmers and ranchers to imagine they were sitting across a table from Biden. What would they tell the new president, if given that chance?
Oregon State University will host the first National Hemp Symposium during a two-day virtual event Feb. 9-10, as growers look ahead to the USDA's final rule regulating production of the versat…
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said FDA does not support the MOU signed by Health and Human Service and has no intention of abdicating its public health mandate.
In 2018, Adapt8 received a $50,000 economic development grant from Marion County to build the test greenhouse. Construction finished in December, and Moore said they are now searching for a pa…
A federal judge has struck down another legal challenge to barred owl removal experiments along the West Coast, which aim to gauge impacts on threatened spotted owls.
Trees hit by Woodhead Fire to generate some revenue.
Democrats in the Washington House and Senate introduced bills Tuesday to raise taxes on fruit and vegetable processors that violate any employment, labor or civil rights law.
President Joe Biden plans to introduce a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration.
Controversies over the family’s use of the grazing allotments stem from the arson convictions of Dwight and Steven Hammond, a father and son who were later pardoned by President Donald Trump f…
A program to reimburse Oregon farmers for complying with costly COVID-19 worker protections came in well under budget for the 2020 harvest season, and state lawmakers are now considering what …
Cheddar block cheese climbed to $1.9625 per pound last Monday, the highest CME price since Nov. 12, but closed Friday at $1.83, 8.75 cents lower on the week and 13.25 cents below a year ago.
If there is anything I look forward to every summer, it would have to be fair. From livestock shows, to concerts and fair food, and carnival rides and games, the fair is the place to be.
Gary Johansen is looking forward to Jan. 28.
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association expects challenges in the appropriations committee and the natural resources committee.
ROSEBURG, Ore. — Future funding for Wildlife Services and the predator control work it provides is a concern for land and livestock owners in a couple southwestern Oregon counties.
The new executive director of the Washington FFA Association is calling on farmers and others in agriculture to help grow the next crop of leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Committee chairmanships will shift, but Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein loses favor on judiciary committee.
The Trump administration is overturning a decades-old ban on logging large trees in six national forests across Eastern Oregon and southeast Washington.
The current rules were set last spring as health officials scrambled to contain COVID-19. The rules limit the use of bunk beds, cutting housing capacity.
Climate change is going to be a central focus of the Biden administration.
African refugees have started farm businesses near Portland in recent years that are growing in popularity and profit.
While the outlook is better for dairy markets than it was in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still uncertainties ahead.
He seeks legislative approval of a budget that includes $60 million in one-time spending on water. A goal is to “support major infrastructure projects” that the state Water Resource Board prioritizes.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates on Thursday asked a federal court to overturn a U.S. government decision that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across most of th…
DENVER (AP) — Colorado could have to navigate years of pending litigation over the Trump administration’s delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act as it tries to enact its ow…
The pandemic has thrown milk pricing out of whack, revealing a shortcoming in the Class I price mover.
Oregon Association of Nurseries, which represents nearly 700 wholesale growers, retailers, landscapers and suppliers statewide, announced Wednesday it will host a virtual marketplace event in …
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — The West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle sent 11 million gallons of untreated storm water and sewage into Puget Sound on Wednesday, King County’s wastewater tr…
Gebbers Farms, a north-central Washington tree fruit grower, has appealed a $2 million fine issued by the Department of Labor and Industries for coronavirus-safety regulations.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S government to block plans to build up to 11,000 miles of fuel breaks they contend would violate the Endangered …
Washington State University entomologist Jennifer Andreas plans to soon petition the USDA to allow a non-native insect be turned loose on an invasive weed that she calls, respectfully, "a beast."
The federal government has removed 17 times more land from the threatened spotted owl’s “critical habitat” than it had originally proposed, likely provoking a court challenge.
Lower cheese exports contributed to the decline in export value.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildfire smoke accounted for up to half of all health-damaging small particle air pollution in the western U.S. in recent years as higher temperatures fueled more destru…
Usually part of SW Idaho-E Oregon industry meeting. Larger event canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The American Blueberry Growers Alliance blamed rising Latin American imports in the spring and fall, robbing farmers of lucrative early- and late-season sales.
With the coronavirus pandemic driving more people to shop online, Kevin Moffitt, president and CEO of Pear Bureau Northwest, said the industry faces both challenges and opportunities competing…
Soil moisture low after dry fall.
The Trump administration has completed a review of plans to ease protections for a struggling bird species in seven western states, but there's little time to put the relaxed rules for industr…
New reported cases of COVID-19 in meat and poultry plants have declined from 15,243 in May to 2,465 in December.
ELGIN — If the Boise Cascade plywood plant in Elgin closes this year, it could cost Eastern Oregon 446 jobs, nearly $21 million in labor income and more than $78 million in economic output wit…
Cherie Ward considered tossing the envelope into the trash.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced sweeping changes Tuesday in the national vaccine rollout plan.
Cash cheese prices started the first week of 2021 with the blocks losing 3.25 cents last Monday and the barrels were down 6 cents. Then came Tuesday’s GDT and the USDA food box program announc…
