Farmers and ranchers know uncertainty better than most. A spring freeze, wildfire, livestock lost to predators, or rain just as the hay is ready to cut can undo months of work. Agriculture demands ...

Solid quality and lower yields characterize Idaho’s potato crop as harvest continues. “Quality is consistent all over, from what I hear,” said Travis Blacker, Idaho Potato Commission vice president of ...

Central Oregon and Southern Idaho continued to have some of the largest regions of extreme to exceptional drought in the U.S. West. High fire danger remained in these areas, along with low reservoirs ...

Wickiup Reservoir is expected to fall to extremely low levels this fall as water managers balance the needs of Central Oregon farmers with required flows for the threatened Oregon spotted frog in the ...

For new Idaho Beef Council CEO Josh Whitman, working as a ranch hand during his high school years has been nearly as important as his subsequent career at one of the Northwest’s big players in the ...

A state court commissioner halted a board’s review of whether Central Washington rancher Wade King disturbed wetlands until courts decide whether he’s entitled to a jury trial instead. Appeals Court ...

Washington Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove said his department may have to log more mature forests unless it gets permission to try to make money by not cutting trees. Upthegrove acknowledged at a ...

Record imports of beef and the suspension of the tariff-rate quota for trimmings haven’t substantially lowered ground beef prices for consumers — and the policy should be reconsidered — according to a ...

Federal prosecutors have accused five people in Georgia with exploiting farmworkers from Mexico, alleging shakedown tactics that parallel two ongoing cases in Washington. The five are accused of ...

Oregon farm regulators aren’t required to impose agricultural water restrictions to specifically prevent dairy manure pollution in Tillamook Bay, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. For nearly ...

A judge indicated he will approve the sale of the bankrupt Brewster Heights Packing and Orchards to the Legendary Fruit Company, praising attorneys for working out a deal that will keep the ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — By now, nearly 25 years into working for the Idaho Dairymen’s Association, Bob Naerebout and his son, Rick Naerebout, know what to expect from one another. Bob, 74, is the recently ...