The United States will detain shipments of palm oil and its products from a major producer in Malaysia after a wide range of labor abuse indicators were found, including physical and sexual violence and forced child labor, an official said Wednesday.
Lawmakers say that the U.S. government needs to ban the import of products made with child or forced labor after an Associated Press investigation found widespread exploitation in the palm oil…
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Domestic and export 3rd, 4th and 5th cutting Alfalfa steady in a light test in the Columbia Basin.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities responding to a call about deputies being shot at briefly shut down the Kansas Turnpike Wednesday night and sent an armored vehicle and drone to the scene.
The assessment challenges some evidence cited by advocates of banning chlorpyrifos. "Despite several years of study, the science addressing neurodevelopmental effects remains unresolved," the …
The Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act, S.4431, would increase active management of federal forests to mitigate wildfires and provide assistance to retrofit businesses and residences to …
The Oregon Blueberry Commission has joined in an effort to slow a dramatic increase in U.S. blueberry imports from southern countries.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A late spring frost, a devastating drought and labor troubles wrought by the coronavirus pandemic conspired to make 2020 a difficult year for the wild blueberry producer…
The Trump administration has announced it will provide up to $14 billion in additional farm aid for producers through the federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
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Domestic and export 3rd, 4th and 5th cutting Alfalfa steady in a light test in the Columbia Basin.
U.S. Wheat Associates has developed an interactive map showing precisely where each class of wheat in the U.S. is grown and how it is transported to ports.
The case has drawn the attention of ranchers across the West who have traditionally believed federal grazing preferences are tied to “base” ranch property regardless of permit status.
A new test method that detects a gene-edited canola cultivar has raised the possibility that other crops developed through similar techniques can also be identified.
GENEVA (AP) — A World Trade Organization panel ruled Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods are illegal, vindicating Beijing even if the United States…
HONG KONG (AP) — China has become a battleground for plant-based meat companies looking to tap into the world’s largest market for meat-consumption.
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Domestic and export 3rd, 4th and 5th cutting Alfalfa steady in a light test in the Columbia Basin.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal regulators said Thursday they have cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus at the company’s Sioux Falls plant,…
Farmers are seeking change in the upcoming presidential election no matter who is elected, the leader of the National Farmers Union says.
The company informed foreign sellers last week that, effective immediately, it would no longer allow plant seed products to be imported.
Governors from 22 Western states and Pacific territories want a bigger say in how the Trump administration defines habitat for wildlife protected under the Endangered Species Act.
The Far West Agribusiness Association recently moved its office from Spokane to Weiser, Idaho.
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Domestic and export 3rd, 4th and 5th cutting Alfalfa steady in a light test in the Columbia Basin.
Domestic and export 3rd, 4th and 5th cutting Alfalfa steady in a light test in the Columbia Basin.
Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler on Thursday defended the Trump administration's record on protecting the nation's air and water and said a second term would bring a greate…
The U.S. food supply in the wake of COVID-19 is the hottest topic for state agriculture officials, the new president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture says.
Fourth-generation rancher says advocacy needs to be a conversation, not a lesson.
The organization contends NRCS is operating outside statute in its unjustified wetlands determinations.
