Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ecology: 2025 Could Be Another Dry Year
As of February 13th, the Washington Department of Ecology said it was too early to tell if enough snowpack had accumulated to lift the 2024 drought declaration. Experts are concerned that a...
Feb 28, 2025
OFB: HB 3194 Would Hurt Landowners
The Oregon Farm Bureau is warning that legislation moving through the state House could have a detrimental impact on farm worker housing operations. Under House Bill 3194, landowners can be...
Feb 28, 2025
Idaho’s Schultz Named Forest Service Chief
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Thursday the selection of Idaho’s Tom Schultz to serve as the 21st chief of the Forest Service. Upon being sworn in, Schultz will repla...
Feb 28, 2025
OSU: Human To Human Transmission Of H5N1 Unlikely
New research from Oregon State University shows wild birds continue to be the biggest carriers of avian influenza. Wastewater detections of bird flu are highest in or near communities with ...
Feb 28, 2025
Wine Minute: Sustainability In Research
What does sustainability look like in the ongoing research Oregon State University's Alexander Butcher is conducting? And what role will sustainability play into the future? He answer...
Feb 28, 2025
ISDA Starts Potash Treatment Of Snake
This week, the Idaho State Department of Agriculture started implementing a potash treatment in portions of the mid Snake River. This is the 2nd phase of the multifaceted treatment plan fol...
Feb 28, 2025
Rural Mainstreet Index Hits New Low Due to Uncertainty
For the 17th time in the last 18 months, the Rural Mainstreet Index dropped below 50 in February. That’s from the monthly survey of bank CEOs across a ten-state region relia...
Feb 28, 2025
Greer Confirmed as USTR
On Wednesday, the Senate confirmed Jamieson Greer as the new United States Trade Representative. Greer is a trade lawyer who served as chief of staff to then-USTR Robert Lighthizer during t...
Feb 28, 2025
Thompson Wants SNAP Trimmed
House Ag Chair G.T. Thompson renewed his calls this week for Farm Bill SNAP reforms that scuttled last year’s Farm Bill effort. That came during a debate on a narrowly-passe...
Feb 28, 2025
Will Interest Rates Move Next Month?
Questions abound about the health and direction of the farm economy. Ben Brown, agricultural economist with the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Researc...
Feb 28, 2025
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