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 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 ...

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.

Grant County, Wash., farmers opposed to having a major transmission line on their property have a problem: It’s easier for the local utility to condemn private land than cut through the red tape to ...

Final authority to breach the four lower Snake River dams remains with the 535 members of Congress. But agricultural stakeholders, tribes and environmental groups agree on one thing: The Columbia ...