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Livestock
The Democratic chairman of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee said the state’s wolf policy is failing northeast Washington, echoing the frustration long-held by ...
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by Don Jenkins, Tuesday, February 18, 2025 1:26 pm
News
A total of 19 USDA-Agricultural Research Service scientists and support personnel at OSU-affilitated research units in Corvallis, Burns, Hood River, Newport and Pendleton were dismissed ...
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by Don Jenkins, Monday, February 17, 2025 4:16 pm
News
The USDA terminated more employees Thursday, including a horticulturist conducting hops research at the Washington State University research center in Prosser, Wash. The agency’s Agricultural ...
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by Don Jenkins, Friday, February 14, 2025 4:46 pm
News
OLYMPIA — A House Republican said he was committed to finding a way to exempt all farm fuels from cap-and-trade taxes, while acknowledging he hasn’t ...
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by Don Jenkins, Thursday, February 13, 2025 5:32 pm
News
President Trump ordered his administration to study all barriers to U.S. exports and said he will match whatever hurdles other countries have put up. The ...
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by Don Jenkins, Thursday, February 13, 2025 5:09 pm
News
House Bill 1847 would require utilities to acquire 10% of their renewable energy from small, customer-owned projects, known as distributed energy resources.
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by Don Jenkins, Thursday, February 13, 2025 10:24 am
Nation
The Trump administration is trimming the USDA and slashing funding for state climate change programs, while Washington, Oregon and other blue states fight back and ...
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by Don Jenkins, Wednesday, February 12, 2025 9:29 am
News
House Bill 1912, introduced by Moses Lake Rep. Tom Dent, has 23 co-sponsors, including 11 Democrats, a show of bipartisan support for fixing a problem ...
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by Don Jenkins, Wednesday, February 12, 2025 9:12 am
News
OLYMPIA — Washington legislators are considering toughening the state’s clean-fuel standard by forcing suppliers of conventional fuels to buy more low-carbon fuel credits. If legislators ...
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by Don Jenkins, Monday, February 10, 2025 9:51 am
Dairy
A House Democrat said lawmakers need to know how much methane dairies and feedlots release to make sound policy, inspiring a Republican to suggest taxing ...
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by Don Jenkins, Friday, February 7, 2025 10:14 am
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