In a “flash sale,” China recently made its first purchase of U.S. soybeans for the new marketing year. Private exporters reported sales of 136,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown ...

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 ...

A student-led wheat breeding program at University of California-Davis has developed a blue wheat. The Student Collaborative Organic Plant Breeding Education (SCOPE) program develops varieties adapted ...

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 ...

In 2005, the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation received a troubling call from one of its members. A Fish and Game officer had crossed onto their private land — no warrant, no permission, no notice. Over ...

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 ...