BIG SUR, Calif. — Shifting winds and increased humidity have helped firefighters make progress against a blaze burning in rugged mountains near California’s Big Sur coast, authorities said.
A Superior Court judge in Sacramento County, Calif., has delayed enforcement of a key part of Proposition 12 relating to how hogs are raised.
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership work includes reducing risk in developed wildland-urban interface.
Water has been traded in the Western U.S. for decades, but as the region faces intensifying regulations, shifts in crops and drought concerns, water markets are evolving to reflect the changes.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Napa wineries and others hard-hit by massive wildfires in California's wine country and elsewhere will soon be able to tap into the state's insurance plan of last resort, …
The Oregon Department of Agriculture is discontinuing the sale of a weed killer marketed as being organic, but that actually contains several unapproved ingredients.
The Biden administration plans to significantly expand efforts to stave off catastrophic wildfires that have torched parts of the U.S. West by more aggressively thinning forests around areas c…
California marijuana growers are selling into the legal market for their crop — at the same time they sell into the illegal market.
California's Proposition 12, an animal welfare measure approved by voters in 2018, took effect Jan. 1. It banned the sale of eggs, pork and veal products in California unless production facili…
RIVERDALE, Calif. — Daniel Errotabere and his brothers, Jean and Remi, had an idea when they began working on the family’s San Joaquin Valley farm in the late 1980s — what about garbanzo beans?
The Ecdysis Foundation, a South Dakota-based agricultural research nonprofit, is undertaking a massive study of "regenerative" agriculture across North America.
Les Schwab Tire Centers, which was founded in Prineville, Ore., marks its 70th anniversary in business this year.
TEHACHAPI, Calif. — Mountain lions, eagles, salamanders and other protected animals will have room to roam without threat of encroaching development thanks to a vast new nature preserve that c…
More snow and rain fell on California on Wednesday, causing travel disruptions on mountain routes. The Northstar resort at Lake Tahoe reported 135 inches of snow since Dec. 21.
Another blast of snow halted travel on a large portion of the main east-west highway across Washington state Thursday.
Just about every Northwest farm exporter — from Oregon hazelnuts to Washington apples to Idaho potatoes — is feeling the pinch of West Coast port congestion. And observers say it will continue…
The Bureau of Reclamation has opened the first application period for water agencies and organizations to apply for funding under the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.
The Western U.S. could get a much-needed boost to water supplies in 2022, but significant catch-up is still needed to offset the lingering impacts of drought.
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, Calif. — New cover crop research released this December may help shape groundwater policies under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, in several San Joaqui…
Last year, Sami Tellatin co-founded a startup company called FarmRaise, a web-based platform that assesses whether producers are eligible for state and federal funding, and provides teams of e…
Since July, Henderson has been the department's acting director after the previous leader, Val Dolcini, left for the private sector.
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. — “Jamon Iberico” is a legend in Spain. In Madrid, there is even a museum dedicated to ham from the Iberico pig.
Researchers have set up about 300 owl nest boxes across 75 vineyards in the Napa Valley, a long-term experiment that started in 2015.
The two largest West Coast ports plan to charge a daily fee on incoming containers that aren't immediately picked up as a way to reduce congestion, a move opposed by a group of U.S. senators b…
USDA has announced a $90.2 million investment in 203 projects nationwide. Across California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, 21 projects received funding.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials confirmed the three steers as wolf kills by the Rogue Pack.
Rick Allen worked with the Idaho State Department of Water Resources to develop a model using satellite data.
Untreated areas were incinerated. Areas that had been only thinned or treated with controlled fire survived relatively well. An area that received both thinning and prescribed fire survived best.
California will displace its West Coast neighbors as the state with the highest H-2A wage in the country at $17.51 an hour. The H-2A wage in Washington and Oregon will be $17.41.
SACRAMENTO — The Almond Alliance of California Nov. 22 named Aubrey Bettencourt, a longtime leader in California's agricultural sector, as its new president and CEO.
The grant program was authorized by Congress in 2021 and was designed to help custom-exempt and similar processors achieve federal inspection status or the ability to operate under a state's i…
Federal money, via the recently passed infrastructure package and other legislation, will soon be on its way to fund irrigation modernization projects nationwide.
A research project led by Oregon State University has the potential to reduce food waste by utilizing seafood byproducts as a cheap, high-quality source of protein.
With the drought, high prices of alfalfa hay and other forages normally used for wintering, producers may be considering lower priced alternatives.
Environmental groups asked U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White to restore federal protection to wolves along the West Coast, and in the central Rockies and Great Lakes states.
The La Nina expected to shape the West's winter has strengthened in the past month and almost certainly will stay through at least March, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sa…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has struck down a rule issued in the final days of the Trump presidency that would have dramatically reduced critical habitat protections for the northern sp…
The package, HR 3684, includes investments in dams, waterways, flood prevention efforts, drought resilience, groundwater storage and conveyance, aquifer recharge projects and other water works.
To say Creekside Farms is a family business is an understatement. There are 17 family members involved — not only that but many employees also have family working in the business.
CORVALLIS – Oregon State University researchers and a team of West Coast university collaborators have received a $7.65 million grant to study the impact of smoke exposure on grapes, a project…
Idaho, Washington state and California will be three of the recipients of a $21 million investment by USDA to help farmers and ranchers conserve water and build drought resiliency in their com…
2022 could be a make-or-break year for irrigated agriculture. This year’s drought and high heat left most of the region’s rivers and reservoirs running low, and farmers have their fingers cros…
The Oregon and Washington Farm Bureaus are among 82 organizations that signed comments to the EPA arguing to delay the ban until the agency responds to their concerns.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed designating more than 1.4 million acres in Oregon and California as critical habitat for the Humboldt marten, a small weasel-like mammal that li…
The odds favor a wet and cool winter in Washington and most of Idaho and Oregon, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that gives farmers and ranchers access to their livestock in or near evacuation zones during natural disasters such as wildfires.
Drought and high temperatures took a toll on hay quality and production in the Northwest.
The grazing panel was part one of a series of webinars focused on agricultural solutions to wildfire. Part two will be held in November, exploring the role of prescribed burning.
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center forecast that the La Nina will peak at moderate strength from November through January. The center hedged a little, estimating a 13% chance that the La Nina wi…
The Biden administration continues to defend the Trump administration’s decision to remove wolves from the endangered species list, even as it evaluates whether hunting in Idaho and Montana ar…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom this fall signed into law three major bills intended to promote more prescribed burning.
Oakland, a key U.S. port for the import and export of agricultural goods, has for months been plagued with a shortage of sailings, logistical and infrastructure challenges and most recently, a…
Capay Mills, produces dozens of heritage and varietal wheat flours and mills corn for polenta, grits and cornmeal, along with non-wheat flours such as barley, millet, rye and buckwheat. All ar…
Although individual nuts are smaller due to widespread drought, this year's overall pistachio crop is the second-largest on record because of high acreage.
The 220,000 square foot facility will be located in Kern County.
