A northeast Washington wolf pack with a history of attacking cattle killed one calf and wounded another in the past week, the Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday.
Experts forecast a smaller-than-average Pacific Northwest cherry crop for 2022, according to industry estimates released this month.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined a manure digester in Tillamook $20,369 for air quality violations that occurred over a nearly three-year period from Jan. 1, 2019 and N…
Spending to target wolf-livestock conflict areas and where elk populations fall short. Amount increased following '21 legislation.
Georgia chicken company Mar-Jac Poultry will pay $725,000 to settle claims by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson that it conspired with other poultry producers to fix prices.
SEATTLE — The former commissioner of an East King County drainage district and his wife were convicted Thursday in federal court on charges that they stole tax dollars intended for flood contr…
Oregon apparently will have at least three women in the general election for governor on Nov. 8 — and two of them, Democrat Tina Kotek of Portland and Republican Christine Drazan of Canby, fac…
EUGENE, Ore. — Part of Lane County in Oregon's southern Willamette Valley is under quarantine after state agriculture officials confirmed a second case of the highly contagious avian influenza…
Two generations of a California family grow blueberries for farmers markets. They talk about getting started in the 1990s, customers' favorite varieties and how they extend the season for the crop.
While a cool and wet spring has aided in drought recovery across parts of the Northwest, climate experts in Oregon, Washington and Idaho say conditions remain critically dry in other areas wit…
Washington State Veterinarian Amber Itle asked bird owners Thursday to not show at fairs and exhibitions or go to live poultry markets while avian influenza circulates in the state.
A Canadian company has asked the state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council to overrule a Central Washington county and allow a 470-megawatt solar-power plant on farmland. The project in Be…
BOISE — An online ordering platform to debut by the first week of June is expected to benefit farmers and their restaurant customers alike. FARE Idaho's new website will start with five farms …
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Idaho is accepting National Water Quality Initiative project proposals through June 10. The program addresses water quality — and quantity — improvements.
Drought is expected to impact much of the Pacific Northwest this summer, including areas in eastern Washington, southern Oregon and southern Idaho, according to climatology and water officials.
Farmers, researchers and nonprofits are field-testing electric tractors, allowing producers to see firsthand what they can and cannot do on farms and in orchards. One study compares the cost o…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal assistance is coming for Northwest farmers whose crops were impacted by natural disasters in 2020 and 2021. The USDA will provide $6 billion in payments through the …
A major teff producer this year has contracted for more acreage and expanded into a new growing region. The company contracts with farmers to grow the grain native to Africa. The company mills…
A Canadian company has applied to build a solar-power plant on about 3,000 acres in south-central Washington, the most expansive solar-only project yet submitted for state approval since Washi…
Regulations that reduce Oregon’s harvestable timber acreage by roughly 10% aren’t a development that would normally be embraced by timber industry representatives. Yet new rules that increase …
A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration illegally withdrew an earlier proposal to list of the the bi-state sage grouse as a threatened species along the California-Nevada line in 20…
Former Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek has won the Democratic gubernatorial primary governor, beating state Treasurer Tobias Read in a victory for the party’s progressive wing. Current Gov. Ka…
Idaho Gov. Brad Little has won the GOP gubernatorial primary, beating a Trump-backed challenger. Tuesday's intraparty contest between Little and Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin was an example of the…
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Department of Labor has fined five California farms that failed to provide H-2A agricultural guestworkers with the wages, benefits or protections required by law.
The Port of Portland plans to increase the flow of Northwest agricultural exports and Asian consumer product imports by expanding its container terminal’s footprint. The port is investing $10.…
WALLOWA COUNTY, Ore. — More wolf attacks on livestock have been reported by producers and confirmed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife over the past week, according to the agency’s …
A drought that has parched much of the West has Oregon officials concerned the state could face another summer of record blazes. “All signs point to a difficult 2022 fire season that will chal…
A rule sought by wolf advocates would invite lawsuits over the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s use of lethal control, Fish and Wildlife Commission Chairwoman Barbara Baker warned Friday.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has awarded Oregon a record $6.7 million to help protect working farmland from development or fragmentation. The money will go toward helping Oreg…
Pacific Northwest wheat farmers are expected to produce nearly 56% more winter wheat this year, coming off last year’s drought. USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service projects the reg…
The Idaho Water Users Association is taking to the airwaves and the internet to warn the public about the hazards of irrigation canals and equipment. Ag Water Safety Week will be May 23-27.
BOISE — Recruiting Idaho wildland firefighters is getting easier. The Legislature in March raised starting firefighter pay from $12.55 to $15 an hour and instituted hazard pay that allows fire…
Grant County, Wash., farmer Ron Fode has won a court victory in his five-year battle with the state Department of Ecology over water rights. The Court of Appeals in Spokane ruled that Fode was…
U.S. growers have started exporting fresh potatoes to all of Mexico. Exports had previously been limited to an area within 16.15 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. Full-country access has been a…
BOISE — The Idaho Farm Bureau Federation may redevelop its downtown Boise property as an "agriculture hub" with offices for other groups as well as public meeting and event spaces.
The McDermitt Caldera on the Oregon-Nevada border used to be off-limits to mining claims to protect sage grouse, but it's laced with some of the highest concentrations of lithium in the United…
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Someone once asked Dennis Wallace why he settled for teaching agriculture. "I never thought of it as settling," Wallace said during the Washington FFA state convention. "I w…
KENNEWICK, Wash. — New state officers were elected Saturday during the final day of the Washington FFA state convention. "For this year, I'm really hoping we get members back involved, back in…
National FFA president Cole Baerlocher returned to Washington state May 13 to be with the 1,600 FFA members at their state convention in Kennewick.
Bird flu has struck more domestic and wild birds in Washington, state officials say. Among those killed are birds that are year-round residents, suggesting avian influenza could linger even af…
The wheat disease stripe rust has been found in "isolated hotspots" of UI Magic in Morrow and Gilliam counties in Oregon, and two commercial fields near Walla Walla, Wash.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration has tapped Oregon Department of Agriculture director Alexis Taylor to fill USDA's top agricultural trade role. In a statement, the White House named…
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on May 20.
The Klamath Tribes are suing the federal government under the Endangered Species Act to halt water diversions from Upper Klamath Lake for irrigated agriculture along the Oregon-California border.
Odds increasingly favor La Nina prevailing for a third straight winter, the National Weather Service says.
Law enforcement officials in Oregon say foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount. The new challenges for…
Consistent snowfall this spring has helped boost Central Oregon snowpack to 133% of normal, a surprising jolt after a lackluster winter that saw below-average snowpack levels. Water managers, …
Wolves from the Cornucopia pack injured two calves north of Richland recently, the third attack on cattle in that area in the past few weeks, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wil…
Jake Bledsoe returns to the University of Idaho to marry aquaculture research with outreach.
LONGVIEW, Wash. — Timber company Weyerhaeuser will pay $600,000 after reaching a settlement with conservation group Columbia Riverkeeper, despite denying allegations it had broken Washington s…
Washington farm groups suing to block the state's new capital gains tax responded this week to Attorney General Bob Ferguson's request that the state Supreme Court take up the case and bypass …
Oregon farmers have until June 3 to apply for bridge financing from the state Department of Agriculture to help cover damage caused by natural disasters in 2021. The newly established Oregon D…
A global agribusiness conglomerate has settled its lawsuit against a Northwest wheat farmers cooperative over the alleged breach of a flour milling contract. A federal judge has dismissed a co…
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — For more than two decades, California's Orange County has debated whether to build a seaside plant to convert the Pacific Ocean's salt water into drinking water in h…
Baker County Sheriff Travis Ash sees a troubling trend with wolves attacking cattle east of Baker County.
