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Idaho Wheat Commission approves $3.3 million budget

The Idaho Wheat Commission board has approved a budget of $3.3 million, down from its $3.5 million budget ...

Water

Yakima irrigation outlook steady, but steadily poor

Yakima River basin farmers with junior water rights can expect 45% of their full water allotments, as the ...

Rural Life

Oregon Supreme Court: Bed-and-breakfast permit requires farm operator

Farm dwellings in agricultural zones can’t serve as “bed-and-breakfasts” under home business permits unless inhabited by farm operators, ...

Washington

Washington court sets hearing on cap-and-trade suit

The Washington Supreme Court this fall will hear the Farm Bureau argue that the Department of Ecology has ...

Washington

Walla Walla sweet onion farmers power through uncertainty

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Washington’s handful of Walla Walla sweet onion farmers are right in the thick of ...

Oregon

Judge confirms Oregon hop merchant’s bankruptcy plan

A bankruptcy judge has confirmed the reorganization plan of an Oregon hop merchant, which features the sale of ...

Grains & Row Crops

Pulse harvest approaches: ‘What’s a normal year any more?’

Pulse harvest in the Pacific Northwest will get underway after July 4, said Tim McGreevy, chief executive officer ...

Idaho

Idaho potato equipment company sells assets as part of bankruptcy

An Idaho company that manufactures potato planting and harvesting equipment has sold substantially all of its assets for ...

Orchard, Nuts & Vines

Trump: Vietnam agrees to eliminate tariffs on U.S. farm goods

President Trump said Vietnam has agreed to eliminate tariffs on U.S. goods, potentially creating trade opportunities for Pacific ...

Research

Field day set at OSU Malheur Experiment Station

The annual Oregon State University Malheur Experiment Station crop-research field day is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 1 ...

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Idaho

Planted potato acres this season are mostly flat

Potato acreage is down by about 9% in Washington and unchanged from year-earlier totals in Idaho, Oregon and ...

Rural Life

Idaho Food Bank Fund accepts grant applications

The Idaho Food Bank Fund will accept grant applications July 1-31. The fund issues grants to qualifying Idaho ...

Water

Stricter Oregon water transfer rules die with end of legislative session

Oregon’s legislative session ended with lawmakers not taking action on bills that would impose new environmental review regulations ...

Rural Life

Bill will cut Oregon wildfire protection rates

A bill that is headed to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk will reduce wildfire protection rates that landowners across ...

Business

Statewide minimum wage increases 35 cents, the lowest rise in ten years

The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to ...

Water

NOAA Fisheries weighing ESA protection for Chinook salmon

The National Marine Fisheries Service, or NOAA Fisheries, will determine whether spring-run Chinook salmon in the Pacific Northwest ...

Nation

Supreme Court stops universal injunctions, strengthens Trump’s orders

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that district courts can’t issue universal injunctions, ending an increasingly common way for ...

Livestock

USDA proposes to try mites to control tumbleweeds

The USDA proposes to turn loose tiny mites from Eurasia to gnaw on that symbol and scourge of ...

Livestock

Emergency relief opposed in Idaho ranch’s phosphate spill lawsuit

Idaho regulators claim they lack jurisdiction over cattle owned by an Idaho ranch that were allegedly contaminated by ...

Grains & Row Crops

USDA ordered to re-evaluate grasshopper spray program

A federal judge has ordered USDA to re-evaluate the environmental impacts of its grasshopper and Mormon cricket suppression ...