Soft white wheat with “exceeding low” protein can cause problems for millers and flour functionality, Washington State University winter wheat breeder Arron Carter said. At such low protein, the ...

Rancher Chad Nettleton trimmed vegetation in the fire-defensible space around his father’s home place near Silver City, Idaho, July 27 as the Big Grass Fire burned in the vicinity. “I don’t think it ...

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The number of agricultural lenders has kept shrinking even as the amount of money they lend to farmers has continued increasing, according to federal statistics. The U.S. had 945 agricultural banks at ...

Urban development isn’t yet encroaching on Northwoods Nursery near Molalla, Ore., but owner Jim Gilbert isn’t taking any chances. To preserve the 66-acre property as farmland in perpetuity, Gilbert is ...

California’s government claims the Trump administration’s revised lawsuit against its chicken housing regulations suffers from the same defects as the original complaint and must be dismissed. Last ...

JACKSONVILLE, Ore. — Carol Knapp and Gayle Lewis stood underneath an apple tree at the Britt Festival grounds and scanned branches for fruit. The tree produces yellow apples with crisp flesh and is a ...

TIMBERLINE, Ore. — Scientists detoured higher up Mt. Hood April 3 as they led journalists on a snowshoeing trek to a snow monitoring station — some areas below Timberline Lodge were unusually bare and ...

They’re the misfits of the log world. Too thick, too short, too irregular or too uneconomical for the sawmill, they’re also often found in awkward locations that defy easy extraction. The unlucky ...

Milk production is steady and cow comfort is stable in California. Central Valley manufacturers indicate milk output is pushing against processing capacities. Stakeholders indicate spot loads are ...

Pacific Northwest pear growers are being paid well below the cost of production for their 2025 crop, experts said. According to Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers, farmers in the Hood River area will ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek declared drought emergencies for five more Oregon counties — Douglas, Gilliam, Harney, Lake and Malheur. Nearly half of Oregon’s 36 counties now have emergency drought status ...