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Idaho

Simplot names agribusiness group VP

The J.R. Simplot Co. has named Jas Krdzalic as vice president of business optimization and continuous improvement for ...

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Retail potato sales rise in 2024

Sales in all categories combined totaled 14.4 billion pounds and $18.2 billion, according to a Potatoes USA news ...

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 ...

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Experts push fire risk reduction in wake of rising insurance costs

Homeowners can harden their homes by clearing defensible space around them and installing roofing and siding that’s less ...

Orchard, Nuts & Vines

New hazelnut breeder takes the reins at Oregon State University

Longtime Oregon State University breeder Shawn Mehlenbacher is retiring as as a mutant strain of Eastern Filbert Blight ...

Orchard, Nuts & Vines

Washington State, Heritage fruit hauling robot wins award

A fruit-hauling robot developed by Washington State University graduate students and Heritage University undergraduates won a $5,000 prize ...

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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 ...

Livestock

Cattle producers group tracks tax bills

A top priority for National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in the new Congress is passing  legislation that will lower taxes for ...

Dairy

Enrollment opens for Dairy Margin Coverage

DMC is a voluntary risk management program that offers protection to dairy producers when the difference between the ...

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U.S. wheat export price near lowest on global market

The price to export U.S. soft white wheat is among the lowest on the world market, which bodes ...

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