The USDA on Tuesday extended COVID-19 relief to nurseries, sheep ranchers and producers of dozens of other farm goods, while turning down aid to dozens of other commodities.
A Superior Court judge in California has shut down an effort to halt California’s quota program, which assesses all Grade A milk producers to pay a premium to quota holders.
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A circuit court judge in Oregon has sided with Klamath Basin farmers in a water rights case that could have broad implications for local agriculture and the environment.
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BANNING, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire in mountains east of Los Angeles that has forced thousands of people from their homes was sparked by a malfunctioning diesel vehicle, fire officials said Monday.
An environmental group should have won an injunction against a 4,700-acre roadside salvage logging project in California’s Mendocino National Forest, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is taking a fresh look at how it manages water supplies for agriculture and native fish in the Klamath Basin.
Baseball is back. But during COVID-19, it looks different. And the pandemic has revealed how interwoven baseball is with agriculture.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom has appealed directly to investor Warren Buffett to support demolishing four hydroelectric dams on a river along the Oregon-California border to save salmo…
Program aims to keep salvage vehicles on rangelands and available for immediate use.
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A remote California county bordering Oregon and Nevada that was the first to defy state shutdown orders to prevent spread of the coronavirus has confirmed its first cases of COVID-19.
The judge said the petition challenging California’s quota program is legally defective and should not move forward.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As coronavirus cases spike in California's Central Valley, the state will send “strike teams" to help staff hospitals in the vast agricultural region and spend $52 mi…
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BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A Native American tribe has reclaimed a small part of ancestral lands on California’s scenic Big Sur coast that were lost to Spanish colonial settlement nearly 250 years ago.
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ADIN, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters gained ground on a large wildfire in rural northeastern California, but weather was expected to become less favorable.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Sierra Club apologized Wednesday for racist remarks its founder, naturalist John Muir, made more then a century ago as the influential environmental group grapples with …
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ADIN, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters increased containment of two wildfires in rural northeastern California, authorities said Thursday.
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The pandemic is transforming the nation's hunger relief system – for better and for worse.Â
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s only known gray wolf pack has eight new pups.
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Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging that new federal rules undermine their ability to protect rivers, lakes and strea…
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Firefighters and aircraft worked Tuesday to halt the spread of two forest fires in rural northeastern California.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will kill 3.2 million trout to stop the outbreak of a bacterial infection that's threatening hatcheries, wildlife officials said Monday.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A coalition of states, environmentalists and American Indians on Monday renewed its push to stop the Trump administration from selling coal from public lands after a pre…
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Federal regulators on Thursday threw a significant curveball at a coalition that has been planning for years to demolish four massive hydroelectric dams on a river along the Oregon-California …
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COALINGA, Calif. (AP) — More than 900 firefighters aided by helicopters and air tankers battled a wildfire in a rural area of Central California on Thursday.
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Foie gras is back on the menu in California after a federal judge ruled the health code doesn't prevent the rich dish from being brought in from out of state.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As the coronavirus swept California with renewed ferocity, the governor once again closed bars, inside dining and, for much of the state, gyms, indoor church services…
After a five-year search with multimillion-dollar grants, scientists at the University of California-Riverside announced last week they have discovered a naturally-occurring treatment for a fa…
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Interior Secretary David Bernhardt spent the day in Klamath Falls Thursday to see for himself what could be done to help find a long- term solution to water disputes in the Klamath Basin.
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A Napa Valley winery is accused of misleading consumers about the origins of its Oregon-labeled wines in a proposed class action lawsuit filed June 18.

Wildfire risk will be above average in much of the West, according to the National Interagency Fire Center's new forecast.
California Dairies Inc. will immediately close its Artesia, Calif., manufacturing facility, affecting approximately 49 employees.
Because of COVID-19, poinsettia growers say they are facing an uncertain market this year. Some nurseries are maintaining production levels, many are downsizing and others aren't growing poins…
A lawsuit filed by Klamath Basin farmers seeking compensation for a federal irrigation shutdown won’t be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, ending nearly two decades of litigation.
The coronavirus pandemic has made for some wild times in dairy markets, which in turn have led to significant downturns in U.S. milk production.
Customers old and new count down the days to the opening of the drive-thru cornstand that Gisler Farms is famous for.
Stand aside. The 50 women of California’s Mid Valley Cowbelles are on the move promoting beef and educating the next generation of consumers.
In the three weeks since USDA opened applications for its $16 billion farm aid program, the department has disbursed $2.9 billion in direct payments to more than 220,000 farmers nationwide who…
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Officials say the bees could be worth more than $200,000, and the suspect has likely victimized more than 30 people across California, Washington, Montana, Idaho and Oregon.
Farmers and ranchers in the Klamath Project are breathing a sigh of relief after the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Tuesday it will not further reduce this year's water allotment, which …
Demonstrations against racism and police violence triggered by the death of George Floyd have spread beyond major urban centers and into small cities and towns across the rural West.
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Tractors and trucks from across the region rumbled through Klamath Falls Friday on their way to the "Shut Down and Fed Up" rally where speakers called for a revamping of the way water is allocated.
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Tractors and trucks from across the region rumbled through Klamath Falls Friday on their way to the "Shut Down and Fed Up" rally where speakers called for a revamping of the way water is allocated.
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden will be among a long list of attendees at the "Shut Down and Fed Up" tractor rally in Midland on Friday, according spokesperson Molly Jenkins.
West Coast sweet cherry crops appear light this year, with California halfway through harvest and Washington about to start.
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A little over a year after Vietnam began accepting fresh blueberries from the U.S., the Philippines has followed suit.
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Oregon, Washington and 17 other states can sue the Trump administration over revisions to the Endangered Species Act, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Farmers can start applying for $16 billion in agricultural aid on May 26, said Agriculture Secretary Sony Perdue during a Monday night virtual "rural town hall."
In the West and across the U.S., mass distribution of food boxes began Monday and will continue in approximately six-week segments through December.
Four West Coast farms in California, Oregon and Washington were selected Wednesday among 15 recipients nationwide for a 2020 grant supporting small, independent farms.
Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration to protect a rare, weasel-like carnivore found along a narrow strip of coastal forests in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
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U.S. retailers are experiencing garlic shortages and prices are spiking during the COVID-19 shutdowns. Growers say the pandemic was the final nudge on a row of dominos that moved the market.
Eric Buhrmann, general manager of Mininger Foods in Merced County, Calif., says sweet potatoes have everything a body needs.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will provide approximately 140,000 acre-feet of water to farms and ranches from Upper Klamath Lake in 2020, the agency announced Wednesday.
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Restrictions on daily life may continue for many months and won’t be totally lifted until cases of COVID-19 steadily fall and states are able to test, treat, track and quarantine more people t…
Restrictions on daily life may endure for many months and won't be totally lifted until cases of COVID-19 steadily fall and states are able to test, treat, track and quarantine more people to …