In teaching farmers about conservation practices, only so much hands-on training can be offered at an office building in town. To bring its lessons closer to landowners, the Clackamas Soil and Water ...

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Walla Walla sweet onions this year got their earliest start on record due to the mild winter this year. Typically, harvest begins around June 10 to 15. But this year, farmers ...

Comments: Over 1,100 head today. Lots of lambs. Selling well with lots of buyers. Top lambs brought 3.80/lb. Goats top at 4.05/lb. Lighter offering at feeder cattle due to time of year and hot weather ...

We are noticing a worrying trend: Public discourse regarding urban growth boundaries (UGBs), housing, and economic growth highlights real frustration, but often offers the wrong conclusions. These ...

The federal court order to increase spill over Columbia and Snake river dams delayed adult salmon passage “significantly” at two dams, according to the Public Power Council. Citing reports from the ...

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 ...

Farms and food processors accused of polluting Oregon’s Umatilla basin have failed to convince a federal judge to dismiss court claims that they’d engaged in a “conspiracy.” U.S. District Judge ...

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 ...

Domestic wool trading had no confirmed trades reported this week. Prices reflect trades FOB warehouse in original bag or square pack, bellies out, some graded, and 76 mm or longer. No allowance made ...

A federal judge has approved settlement deals in a lawsuit accusing the beef packers Cargill and Tyson Foods of violating state and federal antitrust laws. Cargill and Tyson have agreed to pay a ...

A recent graduate from Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine says she raised concerns about the use of “terminal laboratories” in WSU’s large animal curriculum due to a “lack of ...

Higher production costs continue to hamper Pacific Northwest tree fruit growers, but smaller apple and cherry harvests this season could bring better prices, experts said. “The silver lining of a ...