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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 ...

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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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 ...

Timber

Idahoan Schultz to lead Forest Service

Tom Schultz, of Idaho, has been appointed chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Schultz previously served as vice ...

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Economist: Oregon ag’s healthy run turns more moderate in 2025

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon’s agricultural economy has had a healthy run but will likely return to more moderate ...

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Aquaculture industry opposes proposed Oregon fish farming restrictions

SALEM — Aquaculture advocates are asking Oregon lawmakers to reject additional fish farming regulations they claim will derail ...

Washington

Washington governor scours budget and says, ‘hey, come on’

OLYMPIA — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson proposed $3.9 billion in spending cuts, saying he went over the state ...

Water

More water infrastructure spending in Idaho proposed

BOISE — The Idaho Water Resource Board would have an additional, ongoing $30 million for infrastructure if Senate ...

Water

Proposed water transfer restriction alarms Oregon irrigators

SALEM — New requirements would be imposed on Oregon water rights transfers under a bill that environmental advocates ...

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