An Oregon farming operation, Madison Ranches, has agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle legal claims alleging it… ...

The National Weather Service predicts an El Nino that formed recently may develop into the strongest one since record-keeping began in 1950. El Ninos are triggered by warm water in the Pacific Ocean ...

Demand for dessert-grade ube, a purple yam from the Philippines, is expected to rise worldwide, beyond the capacity of the farmers who raise it. The biggest market for the crop is the U.S., USDA ...

The Idaho Water Resource Board at its regular bimonthly meeting Aug. 7 in Rexburg approved 13 flood management grants for a total of $1.14 million combined. State flood management grant proceeds help ...

Melissa Spear, executive director of Tilth Alliance, will retire at the end of 2026. “I’m really interested in focusing on policy and more programmatic work that directly benefits the farming ...

A wind energy project planned on Oregon farmland is among the plaintiffs that have prevailed against a U.S. military freeze on regulatory reviews of such developments. The Big River Wind Project is ...

Drought intensified across the Pacific Northwest in late July and early August, according to the most recent edition of the U.S. Drought Monitor. Conditions across southeastern Idaho degraded due to ...

The Washington Department of Ecology has held a series of meetings this summer on the state’s future use of water and plans to publish a report in the fall on what it heard. Gov. Bob Ferguson ordered ...

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Weekly California Shell Egg Report: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_2844.pdf ...

Comments: Good solid day today, with just under 800 head. Lambs and goats stronger. Lambs over 3.00/lb and goats over 3.50/lb. Light on feeder cattle. Market is softer but god quality feeders have ...

Wheat, rice and sorghum growers and USDA officials celebrated the latest donation of U.S. grain through the Food for Peace program portside in New Orleans. The U.S. Liberty Grace was loaded with ...