Scenic Fruit Co., of Gresham, Ore., issued the recall on March 16. Affected products include frozen organic strawberries sold at Costco, Aldi, KeHE, Vital Choice Seafood and PCC Community Markets, as well as frozen "Organic Tropical Fruit Blend" sold at Trader Joe's.
A strong late-season Pacific storm that brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated California is blamed for two deaths. Forecasters say additional flooding is possible Wednesda…
A Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Melanie Rowland stepped back from her claim at a commission meeting that ranchers have turned out cattle near wolf dens.
BOISE — Idaho will spend nearly $125 million on broadband internet infrastructure under Senate Bill 1129, which Gov. Brad Little signed March 20. More internet funds are on the way.
A Farm Bureau member contends the new rule greatly expands the federal government’s reach over private property and increases legal and financial risks for farmers. It is ambiguous and unworka…
Range-riders would be more effective if the state Department of Fish and Wildlife collared more wolves in northeast Washington, the Cattle Producers of Washington range-riding director says.
Dairy farm milk tanks are not refilling quickly. The Agriculture Department’s preliminary data shows February output at 17.68 billion pounds, down 1.6 billion from January, but 135 million pou…
New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest’s endangered population of killer whales has failed to recover despite decades of conservation efforts.
A relentless winter at Lake Tahoe has now etched its way into the history books as the Sierra's second-snowiest on record. No one really knows how much snow fell on the infamous Donner Party w…
The cool, wet weather that has dominated the Northwest in recent weeks is impacting the nursery industry during a critical time for shipping and sales.
KaraAnn Akers was one of 324 Oregon FFA members to earn their State Degree in 2023 — the highest award a state FFA organization can bestow. Recipients were honored Friday, March 17 during the …
Event at SW Idaho car, truck dealership benefits scholarship funding, student skill development.
A pair of bills criticized for seeking drastic changes to Oregon water law have failed to survive the first deadline of this year’s legislative session.
The action plan calls for responsible sourcing of ingredients, regenerative agriculture, circular ingredients and feeding innovations.
ROSEBURG, Ore. — Melissa Cribbins is the new executive director of Communities for Healthy Forests, a nonprofit group whose mission is to promote good forest management in order to produce hea…
An Eastern Oregon irrigation district is accused of contributing to an employee’s death in a lawsuit filed by the man’s father that seeks $15 million in damages.
A recent study has found that high winds and other factors can contribute to the spread of pathogens among outdoor chicken flocks.
A U.S. district judge in Texas has halted the implementation of the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States rule in Texas and Idaho. But he denied a request for a nationwide injunction.
Water quality improvement is goal of program, for which funding has increased in recent years. Grant applications due April 15.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and United Nations officials say an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia ha…
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced Sunday that $21 million was on its way to Oregon to help reduce the risk of wildfires. She said the money will go tow…
ENTERPRISE — A letter backing the U.S. Forest Service’s Morgan Nesbit Forest Resiliency Project was approved by the Wallowa County Board of Commissioners at its meeting Wednesday, March 15.
This year's state FFA officer team includes President Jael Cruikshank, of Bend; Vice President Kylie Temple, of Hermiston; Secretary Ryan Mizee, of Tillamook; Treasurer Camille Peters, of Elkt…
BOISE — The Idaho Legislature’s budget committee on has advanced Gov. Brad Little’s recommendation to spend $265 million on water infrastructure improvements. The full legislature must approve…
Angie Freel, who recently arrived in Moscow from Arkansas, is the University of Idaho’s new 4-H Youth Development Program director. She has worked with 4-H for 27 years.
SALEM — Supporters of a $250 million “water security” package are betting Oregon’s lawmakers haven’t lost their appetite for water-related investments, despite spending heftily on drought reli…
The 190,000-square-foot vertically integrated facility will manufacture shelf-stable milk and other beverages.
South Korean flour millers last year purchased more wheat from Australia than they did from America because of higher U.S. prices that were a result of drought in 2021-2022.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has proposed a rule that would significantly increase filing fees for H-2A and H-2B petitions.
Spain has entered a period of a long-term drought, owing to high temperatures and low rainfall over the past three years, and likely faces another year of heatwaves and forest fires. The count…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to invest about $2 million this year to help mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality and restore ecosystems on and around the Malheur National Fo…
A young, lone male wolf has been venturing into the east part of Baker Valley, near the airport, and feeding on the carcasses of two cows over the past several days.
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide a critical water rights case in the arid Southwest. The Navajo Nation extends into three states, and 30% of people who live on the reservation don’t hav…
Drought will worsen or develop in Oregon, Idaho and Washington over the next three months, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's spring outlook.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Advancing Cutting Edge Agriculture Act would support high-risk, high-reward agricultural research and development at USDA.
Well testing is still underway as rural residents near Boardman, Ore., try to determine the impact high concentrations of nitrates could have on them and their families.
SALEM — A proposal to increase Oregon’s water supply with cloud seeding was well met during its first legislative hearing, though some wondered why the state is late to the party. “Over 50% of…
California’s 11th winter storm has left the soaked state with a bang. It flooded roadways, landslides and toppled trees to the southern part of the state. It has also brought drought-busting r…
Sarah Sherman knows the community is curious about what’s happening on Flagstaff Hill.
Parts of California are under water, emergency flood declarations are in place in Nevada, and water is being released from some Arizona reservoirs to prepare for a bountiful spring runoff. Cli…
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is suspect of the safety of Brazilian beef, again calling for USDA to suspend imports from the country until the agency conducts a thorough review of its …
A March 13 flight over the Owyhee River Basin left irrigation manager Clancy Flynn cautiously optimistic about this season’s water supply. The snowpack is strong, but an efficient runoff is needed.
The federal Surface Transportation Board has approved the merger of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Kansas City Southern Railroad, a move U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of…
Measuring the flow of Idaho's rivers and irrigation canals will benefit water managers in the future, said Kendra Kaiser, a Boise State University hydrological researcher.
OLYMPIA — Washington ranchers are divided on whether to raise the beef checkoff, and legislators are trying to figure out why — and who to side with.
Ample snow at low, middle elevations bodes well for water uses but may pose flood risk.
Several natural resources groups, farm groups and community organizations have filed a motion to intervene in a case in defense of the Forest Service's right to use fire retardants.
A national farm cooperative has agreed to pay $218,500 to settle allegations it discharged pollutants from a Washington grain elevator in violation of the Clean Water Act.
OLYMPIA — Two county commissioners and a tribe's lawyer urged Washington senators Monday to reject a proposal to shield 14 environmental groups from lawsuits if fish projects go awry.
Ex-cattleman Cody Easterday, in prison for defrauding Tyson Fresh Meats, will prove he has a legitimate claim against the meatpacker if given the chance, his lawyers argued in a court brief fi…
The Agriculture Department raised its 2023 U.S. milk production estimate in the March 6 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, citing a larger cow inventory.
A Russian delegation at talks with senior U.N. officials says Moscow is ready to accept an extension to a grain export deal that has helped bring down global food prices amid the war with Ukraine.
Forecasters are warning of more flooding, potentially damaging winds and difficult travel conditions on mountain roads as a new atmospheric river pushes into swamped California. Initial precip…
Proposed changes to Clean Water Act standards address tribes’ treaty-backed rights to fish consumption.
SALEM — Demand for Oregon-grown nursery stock could get a boost from tree-planting legislation that’s intended to improve the livability of the state’s struggling urban communities.
