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Landowners in Washington are more OK with the farmers renting their property making conservation efforts than previously thought, American Farmland Trust says.
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On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house.
SALEM — A political fight over how Oregon manages its forests and timber activity could resolved by voters next fall.
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Built for irrigation in 1884, Smith Reservoir in Colorado no longer can hold as much water as it once did.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A group of retired foresters backed by the timber industry filed three initiative petitions this week looking to counter what they say are "radical anti-forestry ballot i…
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The federal government announced $800 million in aid Friday to farmers in three southern states that were devastated by last year's hurricanes.
The public comment period has been extended by 15 days for the Deschutes River Habitat Conservation Plan, a potentially landmark document that will impact how water is used in the Deschutes Ri…
The donation by the J.R. Simplot Co. triggered the release of $10 million in state appropriated funding.
As a social scientist, UI research associate Katie Dentzman is tackling the growing problem of herbicide resistance in weeds.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The governor of Idaho has ordered a third-party data review of Lake Coeur d'Alene as its health continues to deteriorate.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department is proposing to award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity to a powerful rural California water district that had long employed …
MOSCOW, Idaho — Some people blame farmers for weeds that have developed resistance to herbicides.
Fletchers own Boise home, Vale, Ore., hemp farm
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — At least 200 head of cattle hampered traffic on Interstate 90 near Lodge Grass in southern Montana.
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A record 257,667 H-2A-visa agricultural foreign guestworker positions were certified by the U.S. Department of Labor in 2019, but the rate of growth slowed to 6.1% after five years of more than 18%.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says smoky skies and stagnant air are expected to hang around in Oregon and southwest Washington for another week.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Boise Cascade L.L.C. (BCC) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $27.2 million.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems uncertain about how to decide a closely watched case from Hawaii about the reach of landmark federal clean-water protections.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A pipe carrying raw sewage spilled an estimated 3,000 gallons into the Willamette River in downtown Portland.
Registration is now open for the Cascadia Grains Conference, which seeks to connect smaller grain farmers with bakers, brewers, millers and health and nutrition advocates.
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The Washington Beef Commission’s new marketing plan has two audiences in mind: young adults in Seattle and Tacoma, and the rural ranchers who fund the urban promotions.
Mountain States Legal Foundation files its final brief seeking to overturn a 2018 U.S. District Court ruling reinstating federal threatened species listing for grizzly bears in the Greater Yel…
The October Federal order Class III benchmark milk price hit a five-year high at $18.72 per hundredweight, up 41 cents from September, $3.19 above October 2018, and the highest Class III since…
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Chestnuts harvested from high branches on a chilly fall morning look typical: they're marble sized, russet colored and nestled in prickly burs. But many are like no other…
Oregon, Washington and Idaho FFA chapters gave a strong showing at the 92nd annual National FFA Convention & Expo, held Oct. 30 through Nov. 2 in Indianapolis.
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TORONTO (AP) — China will resume imports of pork and beef from Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday, following a major rift between Ottawa and Beijing and amid a serious por…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A giant forest project in Idaho rejected by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is on again, and an environmental group says it violates the court's orders and will stop …
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For the second year in a row, a representative from Oregon will serve on the National FFA Officer Team.
PENDLETON — Pendleton High School agriculture teacher Kylee Hunt can share various chapters of her family’s stories with three buckets of dirt.
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CRESWELL, Ore. (AP) — Court documents say least three dead horses were found on the property near Creswell where 61 horses were seized last week.
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An organic dairy farmer from Oregon's Willamette Valley is pushing the USDA to finalize its proposed rule for transitioning livestock under the National Organic Program, saying inconsistent in…
Southern Idaho’s roots are in the land and it has retained that connection through its decades of progress.
Milk prices are finally profitable after a dismal five years.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A dozen bottles of fine French wine arrived at the space station Monday, not for the astronauts, but for science.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods are vowing to invest half a billion dollars in manure-to-energy projects in several states.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For much of the United States, invasive grass species are making wildfires more frequent, especially in fire-prone California, a new study finds.
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A new farm labor bill appears to have widespread support on first blush, but the depth and extent of that support is questionable as organizatons say it doesn’t do enough to control labor and …
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service released their annual brochure of facts and figures about Oregon agriculture on Oct. 31, including crop p…
OLYMPIA — Washington’s policy on killing depredating wolves withstood a court challenge Nov. 1, as a judge ruled Fish and Wildlife doesn’t have to put it up for formal scientific scrutiny.
Senator Tester calls for COOL support, while Senators Rounds and Thune introduce a bill to protect the identity of U.S. beef.
Researchers want to hear from Northwest farmers about weeds that have become resistant to herbicides.
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CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — As things begin to dry out again in New Mexico, members of the arid state's congressional delegation are looking for ways to combat water scarcity here and across the Ame…
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Sea-surface temperatures could bring warmer air through February
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Pesticides could be sprayed within 100 feet of passersby under a proposed federal rule that responds to complaints by farm groups but would conflict with Washington and Oregon’s current regulations.
ROSEBURG, Ore. — Alyssa Mahaney has a toolbox full of non-lethal methods and strategies that she wants to share with livestock producers in hopes of reducing conflicts between predators and ra…
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana environmentalist has found plastic pollution in half of the water samples collected statewide this summer.
The bill would provide for a year-round, legal workforce.
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Hundreds of agricultural groups and United Farm Workers of America are backing a new bipartisan bill seeking to ensure farmers with a legal, adequate and affordable workforce.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it has signed a lease for permanent office space at an office building in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, for two of it…
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The snowpack that irrigates Northwest crops has been measured extensively, studied deeply and politicized thoroughly.
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A Seattle attorney believes his Whooshh salmon cannon can move salmon upriver over dams far faster, cheaper and with less mortality than fish ladders or trucking. It could restore migration pa…
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has extended the public commentary period for residents to weigh in on how the state should manage the gray wolf population.
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SYDNEY (AP) — Around a quarter of the world's pigs are expected to die from African swine fever as authorities grapple with a complex disease spreading rapidly in the globalization era, the Wo…
The Oregon Wine Council formed Oct. 24, with a 13-member board of directors including winemakers and vintners from the Willamette Valley to Southern Oregon. Members say they have not been well…