Oregon’s agriculture, food and fiber industry accounts for 13-15% of the state’s GDP — that’s more than the GDP of the semiconductor, electronics, software and information technology industries ...

Oregon cash rents for irrigated farmland aren’t keeping pace with inflation, according to a new analysis from Oregon State University. USDA data shows irrigated cropland rents hit $265 per acre this ...

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USDA’s Farm Service Agency is delivering nearly $118.1 million in safety net and conservation program payments to Idaho… Boise River Flood Control District No. 10 is ready to start winter maintenance ...

The Idaho Water Resource Board will accept applications for flood management grants through June 5. The legislature piloted the state flood management grant program during the extraordinarily wet 2016 ...

The Intertribal Timber Council and Sustainable Northwest will lead a $1.7 million project to help Native American tribes develop new markets for small diameter logs, brush and other overlooked wood ...

Oregon’s 2025 winegrape production dropped 25% and acreage harvested dipped 12% from the previous year due to declining sales and exports, particularly to Canada. Signs of contraction were anticipated ...

Retired cattle rancher Rod Haeberle recently counted nine fires within 20 miles of his home in north-central Washington. All summer, he looks outside and sees smoke instead of his neighbor. Haeberle, ...

Sharply rising farm bankruptcies reflect growing distress in the agricultural economy, though they haven’t approached peak levels seen in earlier years, according to federal data. Last year, 315 ...

Oregon farmland preservation advocates are challenging Marion County’s decision to allow excavated soil to be dumped into a pit in an agricultural zone. Last month, the county’s board of commissioners ...

RICKREALL, Ore. — Visitors at what may have been the last Polk County Fair seemed to agree: Ending the event and closing the fairgrounds would be heart-breaking. “I think it’d be a travesty for our ...

Washington ranked last in the nation in 2024 for financial returns to farm operators, and the picture isn’t likely to vastly improve for 2025, a Washington State University financial advisor says.