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Nation

Administration to reconsider Corporate Transparency Act details

The Trump administration signaled Wednesday it may change the Corporate Transparency Act to make it less burdensome for “low-risk entities,” while still targeting threats to ... Read more

by Don Jenkins, Thursday, February 6, 2025 10:57 am

Livestock

Washington sheriffs would welcome bigger role in wolf management

Stevens County Sheriff Brad Manke and Ferry County Sheriff Ray Maycumber testified Wednesday for a bill calling for local boards to develop wolf-management plans in ... Read more

by Don Jenkins, Thursday, February 6, 2025 10:33 am

News

Rally hits at Washington overtime law

A small group rallied Tuesday at the Capitol to protest Washington’s overtime law for agriculture, criticizing it as foisting bad economics on farmers and farmworkers. Read more

by Don Jenkins, Wednesday, February 5, 2025 10:31 am

Livestock

R-CALF, National Farmers Union reach settlement with meat-packer

JBS Foods has agreed to pay $83.5 million to settle allegations it conspired with other meat-packers to bring down cattle prices, resolving one part of ... Read more

by Don Jenkins, Tuesday, February 4, 2025 8:36 am

News

Trump’s tariffs on top farm trading partners draw swift reactions

President Trump on Saturday raised tariffs on the top three destinations for U.S. farm exports, provoking criticism from China, retaliation from Canada and a deal ... Read more

by Don Jenkins, Monday, February 3, 2025 12:57 pm

News

Grant County farmers protest Washington transmission line

Grant County, Wash., farmers opposed to having a major transmission line on their property have a problem: It’s easier for the local utility to condemn ... Read more

by Don Jenkins, Monday, February 3, 2025 8:10 am

Livestock

Washington senator takes another crack with wolf bill

OLYMPIA — A Republican senator reintroduced a bill that would let ranchers shoot the first wolf that returned to the scene of an attack on ... Read more

by Don Jenkins, Friday, January 31, 2025 8:58 am

News

Board upholds water permit for Goldendale pump-storage project

The Pollution Control Hearings Board, in a ruling released Jan. 27, upheld a permit issued by Ecology certifying that the project, along the river near ... Read more

by Don Jenkins, Thursday, January 30, 2025 12:53 pm

Dairy

Washington House bill eyes dairy, feedlot emissions

House Democrats introduced a bill to require Washington feedlots and dairies report methane emissions, fueling speculation the legislation will set the stage for levying a ... Read more

by Don Jenkins, Wednesday, January 29, 2025 9:19 am

California

Trump’s broad deportation order fuels fear, speculation

President Trump has ordered federal agencies to promptly remove all illegal immigrants, provoking speculation and fear that what’s now official U.S. policy will rope in ... Read more

by Don Jenkins, Tuesday, January 28, 2025 5:15 pm

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