SALEM — The possibility of scaling back a proposed moratorium on large “confined animal feeding operations” in Oregon hasn’t seemed to find much middle ground among the bill’s supporters and opponents.
Scenic Fruit Co., of Gresham, Ore., issued the recall on March 16. Affected products include frozen organic strawberries sold at Costco, Aldi, KeHE, Vital Choice Seafood and PCC Community Mark…
Food and agricultural industries and their suppliers contribute more than $8.6 trillion to the U.S. economy — nearly one-fifth of the total national output, according to the seventh annual "Fe…
A strong late-season Pacific storm that brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated California is blamed for two deaths. Forecasters say additional flooding is possible.
SALEM — Oregon is closer to easing a seven-decade ban on pumping your own gas. The Oregon House voted 47-10 on March 20 to allow station owners to designate half their gasoline pumps for self-fueling.
A Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Melanie Rowland stepped back from her claim at a commission meeting that ranchers have turned out cattle near wolf dens.
BOISE — Idaho will spend nearly $125 million on broadband internet infrastructure under Senate Bill 1129, which Gov. Brad Little signed March 20. More internet funds are on the way.
Range-riders would be more effective if the state Department of Fish and Wildlife collared more wolves in northeast Washington, the Cattle Producers of Washington range-riding director says.
State Sen. Bill Hansell and Rep. Bobby Levy are supporting legislation that could take a big step toward helping farmers, ranchers and others in agriculture who are under stress. Senate Bill 9…
SALEM — A proposed off-road equipment tax, intended to pay for Portland-area diesel truck upgrades, has died in committee, to the relief of Oregon farm advocates.
The California Strawberry Commission says it is too early to tally the full scope of the destruction, but estimates recent flooding has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to the …
New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest’s endangered population of killer whales has failed to recover despite decades of conservation efforts.
A relentless winter at Lake Tahoe has now etched its way into the history books as the Sierra's second-snowiest on record. No one really knows how much snow fell on the infamous Donner Party w…
The cool, wet weather that has dominated the Northwest in recent weeks is impacting the nursery industry during a critical time for shipping and sales.
KaraAnn Akers was one of 324 Oregon FFA members to earn their State Degree in 2023 — the highest award a state FFA organization can bestow. Recipients were honored Friday, March 17 during the …
Event at SW Idaho car, truck dealership benefits scholarship funding, student skill development.
ROSEBURG, Ore. — Melissa Cribbins is the new executive director of Communities for Healthy Forests, a nonprofit group whose mission is to promote good forest management in order to produce hea…
An Eastern Oregon irrigation district is accused of contributing to an employee’s death in a lawsuit filed by the man’s father that seeks $15 million in damages.
Water quality improvement is goal of program, for which funding has increased in recent years. Grant applications due April 15.
OLYMPIA — A proposal to advertise Washington agricultural products with taxpayer money has bipartisan support in the Legislature. The state Department of Agriculture projects spending $179,000…
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced Sunday that $21 million was on its way to Oregon to help reduce the risk of wildfires. She said the money will go tow…
ENTERPRISE — A letter backing the U.S. Forest Service’s Morgan Nesbit Forest Resiliency Project was approved by the Wallowa County Board of Commissioners at its meeting Wednesday, March 15.
This year's state FFA officer team includes President Jael Cruikshank, of Bend; Vice President Kylie Temple, of Hermiston; Secretary Ryan Mizee, of Tillamook; Treasurer Camille Peters, of Elkt…
BOISE — The Idaho Legislature’s budget committee on has advanced Gov. Brad Little’s recommendation to spend $265 million on water infrastructure improvements. The full legislature must approve…
Angie Freel, who recently arrived in Moscow from Arkansas, is the University of Idaho’s new 4-H Youth Development Program director. She has worked with 4-H for 27 years.
Under a canopy of ponderosa pines on the OSU-Cascades campus on Friday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said the federal government will fund several initiatives in Oregon to promot…
Oregon will temporarily suspend rebates for buying or leasing an electric vehicle for a year starting in May. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the suspension comes because too many people are …
SALEM — Supporters of a $250 million “water security” package are betting Oregon’s lawmakers haven’t lost their appetite for water-related investments, despite spending heftily on drought reli…
The 190,000-square-foot vertically integrated facility will manufacture shelf-stable milk and other beverages.
South Korean flour millers last year purchased more wheat from Australia than they did from America because of higher U.S. prices that were a result of drought in 2021-2022.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has proposed a rule that would significantly increase filing fees for H-2A and H-2B petitions.
Washington's first cap-and-trade auction should be a warning the program will be expensive, a petroleum industry trade group official said.
The Washington State Conservation Commission on Thursday fired executive director Chris Pettit, who had been in the position for a year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to invest about $2 million this year to help mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality and restore ecosystems on and around the Malheur National Fo…
A young, lone male wolf has been venturing into the east part of Baker Valley, near the airport, and feeding on the carcasses of two cows over the past several days.
Drought will worsen or develop in Oregon, Idaho and Washington over the next three months, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's spring outlook.
Well testing is still underway as rural residents near Boardman, Ore., try to determine the impact high concentrations of nitrates could have on them and their families.
SALEM — A proposal to increase Oregon’s water supply with cloud seeding was well met during its first legislative hearing, though some wondered why the state is late to the party. “Over 50% of…
BOISE — Three Eastern Idaho farmers have paid a total of $500,000 to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent Coronavirus Food Assistance Program applicat…
California’s 11th winter storm has left the soaked state with a bang. It flooded roadways, landslides and toppled trees to the southern part of the state. It has also brought drought-busting r…
A potential casualty of the powerful rainstorms that drenched coastal California and flooded rivers is hundreds of acres of strawberries. Industry experts estimate about a fifth of strawberry …
Sarah Sherman knows the community is curious about what’s happening on Flagstaff Hill.
After two years of unprecedented problems related to COVID and snarled supply chains, farmers are still having problems buying the equipment, parts and inputs they need. The situation is getti…
Parts of California are under water, emergency flood declarations are in place in Nevada, and water is being released from some Arizona reservoirs to prepare for a bountiful spring runoff. Cli…
A March 13 flight over the Owyhee River Basin left irrigation manager Clancy Flynn cautiously optimistic about this season’s water supply. The snowpack is strong, but an efficient runoff is needed.
Measuring the flow of Idaho's rivers and irrigation canals will benefit water managers in the future, said Kendra Kaiser, a Boise State University hydrological researcher.
OLYMPIA — Washington ranchers are divided on whether to raise the beef checkoff, and legislators are trying to figure out why — and who to side with.
Ample snow at low, middle elevations bodes well for water uses but may pose flood risk.
A national farm cooperative has agreed to pay $218,500 to settle allegations it discharged pollutants from a Washington grain elevator in violation of the Clean Water Act.
The approach of the first "witching hour" at the end of this week has injected the Oregon Legislature's session with a "do-or-die" attitude among lawmakers, lobbyists and activists.
Two advocates say that Oregon’s newest attempt to rein in heat-trapping greenhouse gases will result not only in lower carbon emissions but more energy-efficient homes and buildings.
On March 14, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a Republican representing Oregon's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House, met with farmers and ranchers at the Oregon Farm Bureau office to talk a…
Annual deadline in place to help is protect against onion maggot.
OLYMPIA — Two county commissioners and a tribe's lawyer urged Washington senators Monday to reject a proposal to shield 14 environmental groups from lawsuits if fish projects go awry.
Ex-cattleman Cody Easterday, in prison for defrauding Tyson Fresh Meats, will prove he has a legitimate claim against the meatpacker if given the chance, his lawyers argued in a court brief fi…
