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Retired Idaho FSA director sees new roles for agency

BOISE, Idaho -- Recently retired Idaho Farm Service Agency Executive Director Dick Rush sees short-term relief on the horizon for his former staff members, who have been asked to ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 9:46 AM

Power costs for irrigators set to increase in Idaho

BOISE -- Many farmers in Idaho are bracing for another increase in power costs this season. Idaho Power is seeking to recover $140.4 million in unexpected power supply expens ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 10:27 AM

Wolves kill 31 sheep on south-central Idaho ranch

KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) -- State wildlife officials have confirmed that wolves killed 31 sheep on a south-central Idaho ranch over the weekend, including a ewe in the process of having ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 9:36 AM

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First-year ag teacher offers hands-on summer course

MORELAND, Idaho -- J.B. Hoge worked 17 years raising potatoes on a large farm in Fort Hall, Idaho. This summer, however, he'll be cultivating the next generation of farmers and a ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:15 AM

California

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Students saddle up for 'cattle drive'

YREKA, Calif. -- Students in Renee McKay's fourth-grade class got jobs on a "cattle drive" as part of an annual agriculture awareness day. The trail boss was young Tristan Nick, ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 10:37 AM

Brown's revised budget gives CDFA slight increase

SACRAMENTO -- The $96.4 billion revised budget proposal that Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled May 14 increases spending for the California Department of Food and Agriculture after seve ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 9:27 AM

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Lighter PNW cherry crop forecast

RICHLAND, Wash. -- As cherry clusters hung sparsely in orchards near Pasco, Sundale and Hood River, Pacific Northwest cherry growers met in Richland and estimated this year's cro ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:34 AM

California cherries to peak early

The California cherry harvest is off to a good start and is heavy early, which bodes well for Washington, sources say. Harvest began April 26 near Bakersfield and has spread nor ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:24 AM

Oregon

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Blue Diamond closing hazelnut packing division

The hazelnut packing division of Blue Diamond Growers is shutting down operations in Oregon after more than three decades in the industry. The California-based farmers cooperati ...

Friday, May 17, 2013 9:57 AM

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Committee hears pros, cons of canola moratorium bill

SALEM -- In a legislative hearing May 16, specialty seed producers testified in support of a bill establishing a five-year moratorium on canola production in the Willamette Valle ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:47 PM

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Lighter PNW cherry crop forecast

RICHLAND, Wash. -- As cherry clusters hung sparsely in orchards near Pasco, Sundale and Hood River, Pacific Northwest cherry growers met in Richland and estimated this year's cro ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:34 AM

Bipartisan group offers bill to clarify forest road runoff regs, again

A bipartisan group of Northwest lawmakers has introduced bills to reaffirm the Environmental Protection Agency's policy of not requiring a water discharge permit for runoff from ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013 2:56 PM

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