Washington wheat farmer Karl Kupers was flying home from Washington D.C. when he looked down at the Midwest farmland. “I thought, ‘How in the world can 1% of us still get what we’re getting from the ...
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed classical scrapie in a sheep slaughtered in a facility in Oregon. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory will conduct ...
It’s too early to tell the agricultural impacts of three wildfires around Spokane, an emergency management spokesman said. The Old Trails Fire, Fairview Fire and Autumn Lane fires began Aug. 1 and are ...
Animal-rights activists are asking the Federal Aviation Administration to let them continue flying camera-equipped drones over farms, claiming that banning overhead surveillance would shield animal ...
Recent surveys show Americans’ frustration with high grocery prices and indicate consumers are buying less produce or swapping out fresh for cheaper processed fruit and vegetables. “When budgets are ...
HOOD RIVER, Ore. — About 50 tree fruit growers, scientists and farm professionals heard about the latest pear and cherry research during the Oregon State University Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research ...
Future President Ulysses S. Grant tapped into his Ohio farming background while serving in the Army in the Pacific Northwest. Grant was with the 4th U.S. Infantry, which had been stationed in various ...
Citing the need to provide certainty to farmers, the USDA is sticking with a wetland maps policy that environmental advocates argue is insufficiently protective. In the 1985 Farm Bill, Congress ...
Tenet Beef in Selah, Wash., uses genomic markers to identify beef tenderness in cattle. Owner Frank Hendrix originally worked for Washington State University, specializing in irrigated pasture and ...
The age-old problem of cattle theft took on a new urgency with the advent of modern transportation in the early 1900s, forcing ranchers to rethink existing methods of deterrence. The Oregon ...
Tax reform will likely be on the table during Oregon’s legislative session next year, Gov. Tina Kotek says, so long as any changes remain “revenue neutral.” “If we are going to make any revenue ...
University of Idaho Extension is increasing education opportunities for horse owners, guided by findings from a 2025 assessment. Assessment participants’ greatest knowledge gaps were in equine health, ...