The federal government is seeking the dismissal of a grazing lawsuit involving Oregon’s Hammond Ranches because cattle won’t graze the affected allotments until an environmental review is done.
NYSSA, Ore. — The Treasure Valley Reload Center is not expected to open until at least January, three months later than anticipated, as planners seek more money to construct the building in re…
High demand for pulses and tight supplies combined with supply chain snarls have led to shortages, the leader of the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council says.
Hunters might rescue a crumbling elk herd in southeast Washington by killing a few more cougars, say state wildlife managers, who have outraged environmental groups.
LA GRANDE — Warming temperatures and changing fuel conditions are prompting the Oregon Department of Forestry to begin fire season on private forest lands in Northeast Oregon.
An independent candidate for Oregon governor has a new moniker for the state’s most populous city: “the city of roaches.”
The state Department of Agriculture awarded six Oregon meat processing businesses grants to help them expand. In total, the department invested $2 million allocated by the Oregon Legislature.
A late wild berry crop due to this year's cool and wet spring means hungry black bears are entering Oregon's coastal communities looking for food. According to the state Department of Fish and…
The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected rules enacted by Clackamas County that allowed farm and forest dwellings to be used for Airbnb and similar short-term rental services.
Swaths of private California forestlands will be closed to the public due to extreme drought and risk of wildfires. Sierra Pacific Industries says the closure will take effect July 1 and will …
SPOKANE — Wildlife advocates worry that there has been an uptick in wolf poaching cases in the Northwest in the past year and a half.
BOISE — An Idaho public utility’s nearly two-decade effort to renew its license for a three-dam hydroelectric project on the Snake River on the Idaho-Oregon Border is moving forward with feder…
Farmers in Oregon already battling extreme drought and low water supplies are fighting against future grasshopper and Mormon cricket infestations. Severe outbreaks in recent years, fueled by d…
The first endowed potato researcher at Washington State University will dig deep into soil health. Steve Culman, distinguished endowed chair in soil health for potato cropping systems, will be…
Mondelēz International has announced an agreement to acquire Clif Bar & Co. for $2.9 billion. The acquisition makes Mondelēz International a $1 billion global snack bar player with complem…
OLYMPIA — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission moved closer June 24 to rejecting a rule sought by wolf advocates to restrict the department’s use of lethal control.
With the rains apparently done for a while, Wallowa County farmers are making hay while the sun shines, as they mow their first cutting of alfalfa across the county.
ENTERPRISE — The rich, black sod peeled away like chocolate curls as the mule teams pulled the sharp plows through the earth cutting straight lines, guided by the sure hand of their owners. Th…
Due to the long distances between many traps, agriculture groups worry the revised rules will hinder efforts to control coyotes and other predators.
The House Appropriations Committee adopted a proposal June 23 by Washington Republican Dan Newhouse to ban Chinese, Russian, Iranian and North Korean companies from buying U.S. agricultural land.
As a dryland cropping systems agronomist in western Nebraska for 22 years, Drew Lyon used to read Bill Schillinger's research papers.
After years of taking place at Washington State Fair grounds in Puyallup in September, the contest is now at the Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake in June.
The lawsuit, filed June 15, asks the U.S. District Court to issue a temporary restraining order preventing Oregon OSHA from enforcing the rules while the court considers whether to block their…
The rules will apply to 24 operations, mostly dairies, where manure seeped into groundwater or ran into surface water. Because of the release, the farms had to get a CAFO permit.
MONROE, Ore. — Rising fuel prices have validated farmer Eric Horning’s most recent experiment with reduced tillage despite earlier difficulties with the technique.
State lawmakers approved $36 million in forgivable loans to agricultural producers last December on the heels of a punishing heat wave, wildfires and ice storm in the Willamette Valley that ca…
State Director Jared Hedelius told the Idaho Wolf Depredation Control Board June 21 that Wildlife Services conducted seven depredation investigations related to wolf complaints during the peri…
A coalition of businesses in northeast Oregon — including several food processors and the state's largest dairy — is working with Morrow County officials to test drinking water for residents w…
The state anticipates collecting $1.4 billion more in taxes over the next year than forecast four months ago.
A Missouri-based firm called NorthPoint Development has plans to develop a rail-served, deep-water port with a three-berth terminal in Coos Bay.
Cooler weather might have delayed the start of the Walla Walla sweet onion harvest, but an industry leader expects a large crop.
The Idaho FFA Foundation raised $130,200 at its 12th annual Scholarship Raffle June 17, a 50% jump in sales over last year.
Trucking companies and related industries are gearing up for "clean" truck mandates and similar rules to go into effect across the West Coast — in California, Oregon and Washington.
A community-based plan for curbing excessive groundwater pumping in Oregon’s Harney Basin is nearly done, potentially offering an alternative to government-mandated irrigation shutdowns.
A clash between the shipping industry and Oakland Athletics, an American baseball team better known as the A’s, could have ripple effects on shippers, especially agricultural exporters.
Proponents of Initiative Petition 3 — named the Abuse, Neglect and Assault Exemption Modification and Improvement Act — took another step toward qualifying for the 2024 general election after …
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved killing more wolves from the Chesnimnus pack in Wallowa County to curb attacks on livestock.
Two wolves in a pack that has been preying on calves in northeast Washington have been killed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
In Washington state, USDA will work with The Northwest Seaport Alliance, a marine cargo partnership between the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, to expand the agency's "container assistance program."
The National Weather Service has predicted the Northwest will remain unseasonably cool for several more weeks, but warm up later in the summer to average or above-average temperatures.
Sara Higgins was recently promoted from assistant director to executive director of the Columbia Basin Development League. She has been assistant director since 2011.
The Nez Perce Tribe and U.S. Forest Service have signed an agreement allowing the two to team up on projects in the 6,250-square-mile Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests in north-central Ida…
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranks 21st. His Republican opponent in the November general election, Jo Rae Perkins, ranks 189th.
SALEM — Oregon water regulators want to impose stricter rules for drilling new irrigation wells next year to preserve groundwater levels and prevent over-pumping. A preliminary analysis of ava…
Law enforcement officials say more than 12,000 marijuana plants in 32 greenhouses were seized from a marijuana grow site in southern Oregon. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says the grow s…
With rain storms relentlessly soaking the state throughout spring, Oregonians can be forgiven for assuming that drought fears have dissipated.
The Washington Department of Ecology has rolled out new rules for applying biosolids, promising to fast-track proposals to fertilize land with treated human waste.
While parts of central and eastern Oregon remain parched by extreme drought, farms along the north coast face an entirely different set of weather-related challenges — relentless rainfall that…
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has announced $9 million for 40 projects in Idaho and seven other Western states for sagebrush ecosystems to combat invasive species and wildfire, reduce the spr…
The Idaho Water Resource Board will take applications through Aug. 5 for the first grants that target improvements to aging infrastructure.
War between Russia and Ukraine has thrown buckwheat supplies "upside down," says a Washington grain handler, who hopes to increase production of the crop in the Columbia Basin to meet demand.
SACRAMENTO — California officials are weighing whether to list the iconic western Joshua tree as a threatened species, a designation that would make it harder to remove the trees for housing, …
WILLITS, Calif. — Shamrock Artisan cheesemakers Gilbert and Ana Cox have been practicing their art of cheese making for over 37 years.
List informs land-use priorities, improvement projects
A small herd of dairy heifers grazed in the distance as Jon Bansen ambled toward a row of tree saplings bisecting the grassy pasture. He planted the trees — a mix of bigleaf maples and poplars…
