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FFA/4-H

OSU extension’s new leader brings small town roots, big time goals

The Oregon State University Extension Service’s new leader was shaped by growing up on a farm and participating ...

Washington

Grant County PUD waits to condemn farmland for transmission line

Public utility district commissioners in Grant County, Wash., have delayed condemning farmland for a transmission line to see ...

Oregon

Proposed siting standards for large solar projects scrapped

Oregon lawmakers have decided against imposing the same siting standards on all renewable energy projects, whether they’re regulated ...

Rural Life

Limited beaver trapping prohibition headed for House vote

Beaver trapping would be prohibited along impaired waterways on public lands in Oregon under a bill that’s headed ...

Timber

Trump administration proposes pulling back reach of ESA

The Trump administration proposes to exclude habitat modification as a potential violation of the Endangered Species Act, eliminating ...

Grains & Row Crops

Idaho Power seeks rate reduction for irrigators

Idaho Power calls for a rate decrease in its annual power-cost adjustment filing with state regulators. The filing ...

Idaho

Sugar beet growers, advocates, go to D.C. to express challenges

Federal farm policy is lagging rising challenges in the field, according to several participants in the American Sugar ...

Idaho

USDA terminates University of Idaho climate grant

USDA terminated a University of Idaho grant — the largest in the school’s history — focused on helping ...

Washington

Washington Senate passes farm fuel bill

OLYMPIA — The Washington Senate unanimously passed a bill to shield agriculture from cap-and-trade taxes by creating a ...

Rural Life

OSU’s ag college welcomes 15 into Diamond Pioneer Registry

Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences welcomed 15 new members into its Diamond Pioneer Registry. The registry ...

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