Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Click here for RSS feedThe USDA hasn't taken proper enforcement measures against slaughterhouses that violate food safety and animal welfare laws, according to an internal agency audit. Enforcement actions taken by inspectors from the agency's Food Safety and Inspection Service have failed to deter some hog slaughter ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:50 PM
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- A newly released feed barley at Washington State University bears the name of longtime wheat breeder Steve Lyon. Kevin Murphy, a barley breeder at WSU's Mount Vernon Research Center, developed the variety and chose to honor Lyon in this way. "As a graduate student in St ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:09 AM
OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Agriculture advises horse owners to make sure their horse's vaccination is current for protection against West Nile virus. As the weather warms up across the state and mosquitoes become more prevalent, the risk of infections increases. Although most h ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 11:09 AM
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- The beef-processing company that makes the product that critics call "pink slime" continues to struggle more than a year after the initial stories on the lean bits of beef that Beef Products Inc. makes. The Sioux City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/15YXsIh ) ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 8:28 AM
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted their import due to a certification dispute. China is New Zealand's largest export market and its largest consumer of sheep meat. China ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 8:28 AM
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, who calmly donned his bandana and took his place in front. A small strip of paper told him he'd be earning about $90 in ...
Friday, May 17, 2013 10:37 AM
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 triplets. Carey-area rancher John Peavey tells the Idaho Mountain Express (http://bit.ly/12gMOWE ) that the ewe, one ...
Friday, May 17, 2013 9:36 AM
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Montana wildlife officials on Tuesday rejected allegations that a Montana rancher and hunting guide illegally baited wolves by leaving sheep carcasses piled up on his property near Yellowstone National Park. Wildlife advocates had accused William Hoppe, who lives near G ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:44 AM
ODESSA, Wash. -- The livestock slaughter facility under construction in central Washington will open for business a little later than planned. Project manager Sue Lani Madsen said the facility's opening, originally slated for June 15, will now be a little later, due to the delayed availability of ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:11 AM
ROY, Wash. -- The idea that hay cannot be grown well west of the Cascade Mountains is a misconception, an agronomist says. The moderate growing conditions in western Washington state make for more-even production, agronomist Marty Chaney said during a tour of farms in Pierce County, Wash. "We d ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:31 AM
Having just returned from a range monitoring seminar, I'm motivated to remind livestock managers of the importance of monitoring as a key tool in effective range and pasture management. Monitoring allows the manager to track what is happening and to make good decisions based on the condition and ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:50 AM
SALEM -- The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee has moved a bill to the floor that would change how Oregon sheep growers are assessed on their state check-off program. Under Senate Bill 719, the Oregon Sheep Commission would assess sheep growers based on meat and not wool. The bil ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:21 AM
ORLAND, Calif. -- For Shannon Douglass, the buzz word is "opportunity." The 29-year-old cattle and row crop producer is eager to share with other young people the opportunities that agriculture has to offer. A California State University-Chico instructor, she encourages would-be livestock produc ...
Friday, May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
SALEM — Two veterinarians, a county sheriff, a rodeo official, a mayor, state legislators and several ranchers spoke out against a bill that would ban “horse tripping” at rodeos in a hearing May 8 before the House Judiciary Committee. “First of all, what we do is not horse t ...
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 4:46 PM
Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho sheep producers will get tips on how to keep or increase their profits at an upcoming field day and meeting. The Spokane Area Sheep Producers Association holds its annual meeting beginning at 8:45 a.m. May 18 at the Shepherd's Bounty farm one mile north of ...
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:47 AM
Washington ranchers will discuss efforts to get rid of a weed linked to crooked calf syndrome when Washington State University Extension hosts a viewing of range renovation plots. The event begins at 9 a.m. May 15 on Spencer's Figure 50 Ranch between Lamont and Ritzville, Wash. The goal is to re ...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013 2:15 PM
Extensive consumer research by the Beef Checkoff Program and the National Pork Board showed consumers are confused by standard labeling of beef and pork and are not purchasing cuts they can't distinguish. That has led to a revamping and simplification of the Uniform Retail Meat Identification S ...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013 9:24 AM
SALEM -- House Bill 3452, which would allow the first permit-less take of wolves in Oregon in the modern era, is not dead, according to Rep. Bob Jenson, a chief sponsor of the bill. "We are in negotiations with the governor's office and with the cattlemen and stock producers, and also with the en ...
Monday, May 06, 2013 10:44 AM
PASCO, Wash. -- A major hay exporter is shaking up the industry in the Pacific Northwest by paying growers for hay within two days of delivery and opening a mammoth hay storage facility. Zen-Noh Hay Inc. hosted about 250 hay growers, brokers, transportation providers, community leaders and dignit ...
Friday, May 03, 2013 10:02 AM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has continued to release confidential information about feedlots to environmentalists, according to a cattle industry group. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association said the agency has again admitted to sending out personal data about confined animal f ...
Friday, May 03, 2013 10:32 AM
OLYMPIA -- The Republican-led coalition that took over the Washington Senate during the recently ended session "absolutely" benefited farmers and ranchers, legislators and agricultural lobbyists say. When two Democrats -- Rodney Tom of Medina and Tim Sheldon of Potlatch -- decided to caucus with ...
Thursday, May 02, 2013 9:00 AM
High feed costs and manipulation of feed markets top the list of concerns voiced by seven livestock and poultry groups that have submitted comments on the federal Renewable Fuel Standard to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Central to the discussion is that the RFS is the primary force d ...
Thursday, May 02, 2013 5:11 PM
Some 600 youths participating in the Spokane Junior Livestock Show arrived at the Spokane County Fairgrounds May 1 to display the animals they have raised and, hopefully, make some money. The show is designed to provide agriculture education for youths, enabling them to raise, show and sell their ...
Wednesday, May 01, 2013 1:19 PM
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) -- State police say at least 10 cattle died when the truck carrying them fell to its side in a multi-vehicle crash in Eastern Oregon. A police spokesman says snow-and-ice caused Tuesday's crash on Highway 204 in Umatilla County. The chaos started when a semi-truck slid a ...
Wednesday, May 01, 2013 8:38 AM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A judge has dismissed a case against a Utah woman charged under a new state law prohibiting undercover filming on agricultural property. Draper prosecutors charged 25-year-old Amy Meyer in February with one misdemeanor charge of agricultural operation interference. Meye ...
Wednesday, May 01, 2013 8:28 AM
TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- Billy Whitehurst might be the new kid on the block among University of Idaho extension beef personnel, but he has a lot of know-how under his belt, cowboying since high school and raising his own beef herd. He also spent 10 years as a ranch appraiser. His new position with th ...
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