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Irrigation district begins water delivery March 25

The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District begins filling the East Low Canal March 20. Water delivery will begin ...

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Competing proposals aim to keep neonics away from consumers

Oregon lawmakers are considering competing proposals intended to protect pollinators from neonicotinoid pesticides by keeping those chemicals out ...

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Oregon farm groups seek narrower landowner liability bill

SALEM — Agriculture groups are urging Oregon lawmakers to alter a bill that would increase landowner liabilities for ...

Timber

President issues orders to expand U.S. timber production, curb imports

President Donald Trump issued executive orders March 1 to immediately expand U.S. timber production and address wood products ...

Livestock

Authorities kill wolf responsible for eight livestock depredations

A gray wolf responsible for killing six calves and injuring two more — and the probable cause of ...

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Trump ups tariffs, promises more; farm groups fret

President Trump raised tariffs on the top three foreign destinations for U.S. farm goods, telling farmers to get ...

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Columbia Basin farmer new National Potato Council president

National Potato Council voting delegates at a recent Washington, D.C., summit elected Ted Tschirky of Pasco, Wash., as ...

Grains and row crops

Soft white wheat gaining popularity in Mexico

Soft white wheat grown primarily in the Pacific Northwest is gaining in popularity in Mexico, according to the ...

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Treasury Department won’t penalize for ignoring CTA

The Treasury Department said it won’t fine businesses for not reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act, neutralizing a ...

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Judge adds U.S. Fish and Wildlife to order curbing DOGE firings

U.S. District Judge William Alsup amended an oral ruling and ordered the Trump administration’s personnel director to rescind ...

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