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Come January, Republicans will take control of the U.S. Senate, putting Washington’s and Oregon’s Senators in the minority, for the first time in four years.  ...

Congratulations to Washington’s Aubree Triplett; she was recently named the winner of the 2024 Simplot Western Stockman's Scholarship.  The Menlo, WA-native is currently...

Local meat processing plants across the county will work to expand capacity, and improve efficiencies thanks to recent investments via the USDA.   “USDA's local meat capacity grant pro...

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish managers are out with razor clam digging opportunities on four coastal beaches. "With some of the lowest tides of the fall season and Thanksgiving ...

Steve Hanson, a rancher from Elsie, NE, was elected chair of the U.S. Meat Export Federation at the organization's Strategic Planning Conference in Tucson, AZ on Friday.  Hanson said a ...

Registration is now underway for next year's USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum.   “The theme of the event is meeting tomorrow's challenges today," noted World Agricult...

The USDA is continuing its support for local foods in schools by opening applications for the 2025 Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grants.  For the first time, USDA is allowing organizations to...

Canadian reaction to the news that Donald Trump will return to the White House has been mixed.  Certainly, the president-elect’s protectionist stance is casting a spotlight on wha...

Corteva Agriscience announced that the EPA has registered NovaGraz herbicide. Cattle producers now have access, what the company calls the only pasture herbicide that provides broad-spectrum weed cont...

South Carolina-based Yu Shang Food, Inc. is recalling approximately 4,589 pounds of ready-to-eat poultry and pork products due to possible Listeria contamination.  USDA's Food Safe...