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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oregon Wheat Commission board members recently approved a $7.7 million budget. “We’ve had a pretty steady set of crops that have allowed us to ensure strong reserves,” CEO Amanda Hoey said. “We know ...

Washington Grain Commission board members recently approved an $8.2 million budget, down 1.7% from nearly $8.4 million the previous year. The commission expects to bring in nearly $5 million in ...

The Center for Biological Diversity on June 9 sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to decide whether native Western ridged mussels should be protected under the Endangered Species Act.

A meeting on new swarms of Mormon crickets near Adel, Ore., allayed community fears regarding agricultural damage from the pests, said Lake County Commissioner Mark Albertson. “Mormon crickets are way ...