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THE CONVERSATION — After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break. Mountain ranges are covered in deep snow, and water reservoirs in many areas are filling u…

Recently, I traveled to the famous Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania observing the prices of milk in stores. I wanted to see how the gallons of whole milk were moving. I am very concerned becau…

When we heard that the U.S. Forest Service, with the support of environmental groups, plans to send sharpshooters in helicopters to dispatch troublesome animals in New Mexico’s Gila National F…

FDA this week released draft recommendations for manufacturers of plant-based milks to voluntarily label the product with its nutrient content if it is different from dairy milk's.

A member of the Oregon Legislature is curious. He wants to know whether seeding clouds could produce more snowpack — and river runoff — that will benefit Oregonians.

In the Netherlands, the government is putting out of business thousands of livestock farmers it describes as “peak polluters.” The goal is to reduce the number of farm animals in that nation b…

It’s unusual to get bipartisan agreement on anything, let alone a piece of legislation regarding wolves. So when we hear there’s a bipartisan wolf bill in the Washington legislature that has t…

Mom picked up our family’s copy of The Farming Game at Cenex in Quincy, Wash. I always wanted to be “Roza Ray” or “Sunnyside Sidney” — two of the six Central Washington-themed names of the far…

Numerous meatpacker-oriented economists helped shepherd the decades-long transition from many packers to few packers, many cattle producers to far fewer cattle producers, and from competitive …

Throughout history, there have been two political parties: one for the people, and one for the aristocracy. At times, the party for the people has been snuffed out. This is one of those times.

My neighbor, Paul Rich, bought his first generator in the spring of 1993 for his dairy in Powell Butte, Ore. It was a 60 kW PTO-powered Katolight. It powered the equipment he needed for milkin…

Consider the plight of the salmon that pass along the Washington state coast and through the Salish Sea north of Puget Sound. As they head to and from their spawning grounds, they have to dodg…

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