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 ...

Bird flu has been found in two dairy cow herds in Yakima County, Wash., the first cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in cattle in the state. The USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory ...

About 30 chefs and foodservice operators from around the U.S. participated in the Idaho Potato Commission’s four-day harvest tour, which stretched from the Boise area in the state’s southwest to Idaho ...

A lawsuit alleging glyphosate herbicide caused an Idaho resident’s blood cancer isn’t barred by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that blocked a similar case, according to a federal judge. In 2019, Merril ...

An Idaho timber project was wrongly faulted for increasing the number of road miles in a national forest, according to a federal appeals court. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a ...

A Utah company proposes to fill a 90-acre reservoir with treated wastewater to prime a 500-megawatt pumped-storage hydropower project on farmland in north-central Washington. Salt Lake City-based ...

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 ...

Supporters of a controversial rail-to-trail proposal in Oregon’s Yamhill County are asking voters to reinstate a long-term plan to develop the project. Earlier this year, the county’s board of ...

The USDA will issue permits to release a European weevil to control flowering rush, an invasive aquatic plant spreading in the West and clogging irrigation ditches, spoiling waterfowl habitat and ...

Pigeon fever cases in horses are on the rise in Oregon and the Oregon Department of Agriculture wants residents to be aware of the problem and signs of the illness. Quick detection, timely treatment, ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences faces a $7.3 million shortfall this fiscal year due to state reductions and its budget not keeping pace with inflation.