Author: Don Jenkins | Capital Press

Orchard, Nuts & Vines

Trump concedes mounting farm labor worries

President Trump acknowledged farmers are worried about losing hard-to-replace workers as his administration enforces immigration laws. Trump posted ... Read more

Nation

Trump hails ‘done’ deal with China, but releases few details

President Trump said China has agreed to supply the U.S. with rare-earth magnets and minerals and the U.S. ... Read more

Nation

Appeals court gives Trump’s tariffs summer reprieve

A federal court ruled President Trump’s reciprocal and fentanyl-related tariffs can stay in place until the court decides ... Read more

Orchard, Nuts & Vines

Judge sets hearing on determining foreign farmworker wages

A federal judge has set a hearing on allegations that the U.S. Department of Labor artificially inflates the ... Read more

Rural Life

Oregon inventor makes a better tidegate and mutes farm-fish clash

NEHALEM, Ore. — Leo Kuntz coined the term for and patented the “muted tidal regulator,” a device attached ... Read more

Livestock

Washington Fish and Wildlife closes key wolf policy meeting to public

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife closed a key wolf policy meeting to the public, shielding from ... Read more

Orchard, Nuts & Vines

EPA proposes new insecticide for honeybee nemesis

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed registering a new type of insecticide to control Varroa mites, a parasite ... Read more

Nation

Federal court reinstates Trump’s tariffs pending appeal

A federal appeals court temporarily reinstated President Donald Trump’s retaliatory and reciprocal tariffs, as the Justice Department appeals ... Read more

Nation

Court tosses tariffs; White House mobilizes to save them

The U.S. Court of International Trade struck down President Trump’s tariffs, a ruling cabinet officials warned will have ... Read more

Nation

Farm groups extend label push to Congress

Farm groups are looking for at least one branch of the federal government to ban state laws that ... Read more

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