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A proposed ban on killing animals won’t be on Oregon’s ballot this year, sparing farm groups from a campaign fight — but also denying them the chance to beat the measure.
Supporters of Initiative Petition 28, which would’ve effectively outlawed slaughtering or hunting animals, haven’t submitted eno...
USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg met with Washington growers July 21-22, but conversations didn’t just focus on exports — he also heard about labor problems.
“That was the resounding key concern for many of the farmers,” Lindberg said.
Labor i...
The USDA will reopen one border crossing in Arizona next month to Mexican cattle, saying it’s confident inspections will block livestock infested with New World screwworms.
The southern border has been
PULLMAN. Wash. — It makes sense that Washington State University’s agronomy farm is named after William Jasper Spillman — the first wheat breeder at the college.
“He was an agronomist and agricultural economist,” said Kimberly Garland-Campbell, USDA Agricultural Research Service research plant geneticist and club wheat breeder. “He wanted to figure out how to make farm...
Some creditors object to a fruit company’s $231.3 million stalking horse bid for Brewster Heights Packing and Orchards in north-central Washington, claiming the bid’s terms will discourage better offers.
Legendary Fruit Company, bidding under the name Heritage Orchards, proposes to pay $75 million in cash and take on $156 million in debts to acquire Brewster, the flags...