CORVALLIS, Ore. — The first-ever Pacific Northwest Pollinator Summit and Conference, being held Feb. 14-15 on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis, included presentations from farmers, foresters, extension agents and conservation district officials.
NEW CANAAN, Conn. (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan. 23 — CSC Sugar LLC has filed a brief in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York arguing that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s failure to keep …
David Granatstein has spent a career looking at alternative ways of farming always with the intent of lessening its impact on the environment. He says his greatest contribution has been helpin…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An El Nino, which can alter weather worldwide, has formed but it's so weak and late that it shouldn't be a big deal, U.S. forecasters said.
SPOKANE — The new wheat straw pulp plant in Eastern Washington is slated to open by April 1, a company official says.
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — A fatally shot young mountain lion in Northern California that was part of a research project has set off angry criticism and left a family defending its actions.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A state lawmaker wants to make sure meat products produced from a cultured cell can't be labeled the same as steaks, burger and other items that come from livestock and poultry.
A company in Bakersfield, Calif., says it has developed a new large-fruit cherry that would be excellent for replacing Chelan as an early variety in the Pacific Northwest.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Scientists in California are introducing a scale to measure "atmospheric rivers," the weather phenomenon that can dump massive quantities of Pacific Ocean water on the U.S. We…
Pesticide specialist says glyphosate is on everyone’s radar and has become an easy but unjustified target as a link to cancer.
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Washington's potato industry has raised $2 million toward creating an endowed professorship at Washington State University to study soil management.
Ranch study area, Research and Extension field stations receive investment
A new shopping platform announced Thursday at the World Economic Forum aims to change the way we buy many brand-name products. "Loop" would do away with disposable containers for things like f…
Scientists at Washington State University say woody plant cellulose nanocrystals look promising for protecting tree fruit buds from frost damage.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department's proposal to put restrictions on public records requests under the Freedom of Information Act is being challenged by a Democratic lawmaker, who says …
NEW CANAAN, Conn. (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan. 23 — CSC Sugar LLC has filed a brief in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York arguing that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s failure to keep …
Includes updates on resistance to treatments
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A rancher in Jackson County who has had gray wolves eat his livestock is now using a lime-green inflatable dancing man to keep the predators at bay.
Chad Higgins, who runs the Nexus of Energy, Water and Agriculture Laboratory at Oregon State University, gave a presentation about agriculture technology and farms of the future on Jan. 17 dur…
Attendance keeps growing as interest in sustainability rises
The partial federal government shutdown could delay the hiring of a USDA researcher to lead the investigation into starch problems in wheat, an industry representative says.
New species for fish farms, regulatory compliance among current emphases
SPOKANE — Washington's wolf advisory group will look at increasing the populations of deer and elk to provide the predators with more food and reduce attacks on livestock.
A federal judge has dismissed a third lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s experiment with killing barred owls to protect threatened spotted owls.
Essential oils from thyme and spearmint are proving lethal to crop-damaging slugs without the toxicity to humans, animals or the environment that chemical solutions can present.
Agriculture will remain a top priority at Washington State University after its provost, a former leader of the agricultural college, departs next spring, he says.
Team looking into why grain stems break before harvest
A recent survey has detected a sharp uptick in the percentage of Americans who consider foods with genetically engineered ingredients to be worse for their health.
The Northwest is already seeing the effects of climate change, according to a new national climate assessment. The 1,600-page report outlines dire consequences across the country as global tem…
LAKE PRESTON, Australia (AP) — Knickers the steer is huge on the internet — for being huge.
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s OK to eat some romaine lettuce again, U.S. health officials said. Just check the label.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The number of farms filing for bankruptcy is increasing across the Upper Midwest.
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Montana counties plan to try again to pass a law to shift the burden of paying for the care of animals seized in animal cruelty cases to their owners.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Actor James Cromwell was among animal rights protesters who held stiff carcasses of dead piglets as they demonstrated at the Utah Capitol, calling on state officials to p…
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Cannabis Commission is recommending the state set up an independent agency to regulate legal marijuana rather than having three different agencies share the job, …
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials in the U.S. and Canada told people on Tuesday to stop eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak.
Climate change is expected to increase drought and wildfire vulnerability in forests across the West. But new research out of Oregon State University shows that some places will fare better th…
Whenever Dennis Roe wanted to solve a problem, he sought out farmers who were willing to try new things.
Oregon State University will be seeking an additional $30 million for agricultural research, Extension and its forest laboratory next year, representing a 25 percent boost over the current biennium.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah brewers will have to specially test lower alcohol beer before it can go on the shelves of grocery and convenience stores, adding another hurdle to a list of the stat…
NEW YORK (AP) — Jennie-O Turkey recalled packages of ground turkey in a salmonella outbreak, and regulators say additional products from other companies could be named as their investigation c…
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A major Colorado River water user has proposed an interim plan for Arizona as the state faces a looming deadline to manage expected shortages. The Central Arizona Proje…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid scrutiny stemming from fresh revelations of rampant discrimination, bullying, retaliation and sexual misconduct at the U.S. Forest Service, the agency’s new chief pledge…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators recommended new restrictions Thursday on a widely used pesticide blamed for harming the brains of babies.
A University of Idaho team is among four worldwide to advance to the final stage of a $10 million worldwide innovation competition focused on improving water quality.
OAKFIELD, N.Y. (AP) — Cows that can withstand hotter temperatures. Cows born without pesky horns. Pigs that never reach puberty.
Washington State University researchers are surveying farmers about their soil health ahead of a Jan. 22 workshop in Pullman.
BILLINGS, Montana (AP) — Creating fire buffers between housing and dry brush, burying spark-prone power lines and lighting more controlled burns to keep vegetation in check could give people a…
Ford and Walmart are teaming up to test a self-driving grocery delivery service.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The next generation of biotech food is headed for the grocery aisles, and first up may be salad dressings or granola bars made with soybean oil genetically tweaked to be good…
Demand for healthy, natural food is extending from humans to their pets.
A joint statement supporting science-based regulations for gene editing by the U.S. and 12 other countries is intended as a rejoinder to the European Union’s more restrictive approach to the t…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A fatal cougar attack has reignited debates over hound hunting and cougar management in Oregon. Groups of Oregonians, particularly hound hunters, say that Oregon’s cougar…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices rose by the most in six years last month, led higher by more expensive gas, food, and chemicals.
Chrysanthemums genetically engineered to produce blue flowers cannot be freely imported into the U.S. and traded as non-regulated crops under a new USDA decision.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — State wildlife officials say deer harvested in northern and southern Montana this fall tested positive for a brain wasting disease.
