SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — All members of a wolf pack that had been preying on cattle in Washington state have been killed.
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The Togo wolfpack in northeast Washington has killed one calf and injured two others since Fish and Wildlife decided to shoot the pack's two wolves, the department said Friday.
Merle Booker was inducted into the National Auctioneer Association Hall of Fame in July during the organization's conference in New Orleans, La.
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The organization contends plant-based alternative meats are heavily processed and contain a host of undesirable ingredients.
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SEATTLE — A judge on Friday barred the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife from killing the only wolf left in the OPT pack in the Kettle River Ridge, a ruling that came shortly after th…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday reversed its preliminary decision allowing continued use of deadly sodium cyanide traps, blamed for injuring people and pets a…
Researchers from three states aim to add tools for ranchers, land managers
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No dairy has electronically reported small, private sales of cattle in the past two years, according to a Washington Department of Agriculture report, leaving a weakness in the state’s ability…
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington has recently killed three members of a wolf pack that are repeatedly preying on cattle in Ferry County.
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Two pups and one adult in the OPT wolfpack in northeast Washington have been lethally removed, Fish and Wildlife reported Tuesday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's governor has signed a bill requiring eggs produced by commercial farms to eventually be cage-free.
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Methane emissions from cattle contribute to the natural carbon cycle between animals and the plants they eat.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife managers euthanized an adult male grizzly bear for killing cattle north of Wolf Creek, about 15 miles west of Holter Dam.
HERMISTON — As Annikah Perez waited to sell her 147-pound lamb at the Umatilla County Fair’s youth livestock auction on Saturday, her voice wavered as she described the good times she had with Tulip.
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Washington wildlife managers intend to kill the remaining two wolves in the Togo pack in the Kettle River Range of Ferry County, adding a second lethal-removal operation in the region.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wild horses are being rounded up throughout Nevada by federal land managers who say they are preserving land and protecting herds while water and food sources become scarce.
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Two wolves seen east of Highway 395 and north of Mt. Vernon don’t appear to have bred, and there’s been no evidence of livestock depredations.
Grazing practices employed this fall greatly affect the grass growth next spring. The hot temperatures will soon be over and fall weather will be here. It’s time to be thinking about fall gras…
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The National Park Service has proposed to shoot a few elk each year as a way to reduce conflict with livestock that graze a park north of San Francisco.
The agreement still needs to be signed by the European Parliament.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — State wildlife officials say an aging grizzly bear was euthanized for killing calves along the Rocky Mountain Front, while hikers in the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness r…
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Authorities are continuing to investigate the death and mutilation of five bulls on a remote Eastern Oregon ranch.
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More than 27 cattle have been attacked since September
It’s been 12 years since Northcentral Washington has had a livestock sale yard. A new owner of an old one is starting it up anew.
Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking comments on how to manage a thriving wolf population.
An environmental group lost its bid Thursday to block the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife from culling the OPT pack in the Kettle River Range.
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) on Monday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $676 million.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A U.S. Forest Service plan released Friday would reduce designated sage grouse habitat in Wyoming and Nevada while easing grazing rules intended to protect the ground-dwe…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House's top economic adviser says the U.S. will be selling more beef to the European Union.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Thursday seeks to prevent the state of Washington from killing more wolves from a pack that is preying on cattle.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Plans for protecting sage grouse in five Western states are being changed in ways that will conserve habitat while allowing ranchers to maintain their livelihoods, federal …
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington has announced plans to kill more wolves from a pack that is repeatedly preying on cattle in Ferry County.
A young farmer near Corvallis, Ore. has found a niche raising yaks for meat and fiber.
A rancher lawfully shot a Togo pack wolf July 24 that was bringing down a calf on private grazing land in Ferry County, Wash., a state Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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Washington Fish and Wildlife will again target a wolfpack preying on cattle in the Kettle River Range, the department announced Wednesday morning.
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ROSEBURG, Ore. — Neighboring ranchers Matthew Brady and Harold Terry have moved their livestock to green pastures as a wildfire advances through the area.
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Most Washington residents disagree with shooting wolves that kill livestock, though support for lethal removal is high in counties with active wolfpacks, according to a new survey on attitudes…
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife managers are hoping hundreds of game cameras will help the state get an accurate count of wolves.
After a year of dormancy, federal agencies are asking for new comments on plans to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades.
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Washington Fish and Wildlife determined Friday the OPT wolfpack preyed on three more calves grazing in the Colville National Forest in northeast Washington, sources said Monday.
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The Grouse Flats wolfpack in southeast Washington has attacked a second calf this month, putting the pack one depredation away from being a candidate for culling by the state Department of Fis…
USDA announced another $100 million in Agricultural Trade Promotion funding on top of $200 million awarded last January as part of the administration’s tariff relief for agriculture.
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Local health and law enforcement officials would be obligated to enforce new manure-storage rules under a proposal circulated by the Washington State Board of Health.
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At least three calves and probably a fourth have been attacked by the OPT pack since the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife killed one wolf in hopes of stopping the depredations, the a…
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Wolves killed another calf Monday in northeast Washington, according to Diamond M rancher Len McIrvin, who says that over a decade he’s seen more than a dozen methods tried to prevent depredat…
Total cattle and beef cow numbers are unchanged from a year ago, hitting a plateau.
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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A judge says he won't block sheep grazing in a mountain range on the Idaho-Montana boarder despite worries by wildlife advocates that federally-protected grizzly bears c…
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The OPT wolfpack in northeast Washington has attacked three calves in the Colville National Forest since Fish and Wildlife shot one wolf in hopes of changing the pack's behavior, according to …
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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials say they have euthanized a grizzly bear after it killed 29 sheep and 11 lambs over a two-week period at a sheep bedding ground.
More hard red winter and soft red winter wheat grown in the Midwest will be used for livestock feed as their prices become competitive with corn prices.
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An adult male wolf in the OPT pack in northeastern Washington has been killed by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, which will now wait to see whether the pack’s eight surviving wolves…
CORVALLIS, Ore. — When Oregon State University cut the budget for the Sheep Center in 2012, many in the industry thought it would cease to exist.
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s incremental approach to thinning a wolfpack in the Kettle River Range leads to a cycle of conflict between wolves and livestock, a cattlemen’s …
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The Grouse Flats wolfpack in southeast Washington killed a calf in a 160-acre fenced pasture, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said today.
Instead of swinging ropes during roundup at Rana Ranch in southeastern Idaho, Steve Rivas and his family flick dip nets.