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Rippey: Many Factors Behind Yellowstone Park Flooding
Rippey: Many Factors Behind Yellowstone Park Flooding
Rippey: Many Factors Behind Yellowstone Park Flooding
The temporary closure of Yellowstone park due to flooding. "Record crests set on Yellowstone River and some of the tributaries across the northern Rockies," noted USDA meterologist Brad Rippey. It's a scenario he said has been caused by a combination of weather events, in addition to recent 2-4" of rainfall in the northern Rockies...
Baucus: More Needs To Be Done On IPEF
Baucus: More Needs To Be Done On IPEF
Baucus: More Needs To Be Done On IPEF
When it comes to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework recently rolled out by the Biden Administration, the reaction across farm country has been mixed. Former Montana Senator Max Baucus, and current co-chair of Farmers for Free Trade, says this was a first step in establishing the U ...
Winter Wheat Crop Looks Bad Nationwide As Discussions Of Abandonment Increase
Winter Wheat Crop Looks Bad Nationwide As Discussions Of Abandonment Increase
Winter Wheat Crop Looks Bad Nationwide As Discussions Of Abandonment Increase
The condition of the national winter wheat crop continues to drop. “ 27% good to excellent, 41% very poor to poor," noted USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey. "A week ago we were sitting at 29% and 39% respectively.” Rippey noted over the past week, winter wheat conditions improved slightly in Montana and Colorado, but many of the other Plains states saw either steady or declining conditions
Wyden, Others, Call For Better Pay For Firefighters
Wyden, Others, Call For Better Pay For Firefighters
Wyden, Others, Call For Better Pay For Firefighters
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling on Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to establish a special pay rate for federal wildland firefighters. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden said such a move would help avert critical staffing shortages ahead of the 2022 fire season ...
Winter Wheat Crop Continues To Struggle Nationwide
Winter Wheat Crop Continues To Struggle Nationwide
Winter Wheat Crop Continues To Struggle Nationwide
For the beleaguered winter wheat crop in some of the southern drought areas, "It's quickly becoming the point of no return," according to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey. He added the current crop raitings are just terrible for this time of year ...
NW Hospitals Benefit From Emergency Rural Health Care Grants
NW Hospitals Benefit From Emergency Rural Health Care Grants
NW Hospitals Benefit From Emergency Rural Health Care Grants
The first in a series of USDA emergency rule health care grant awards have been announced. "We're awarding $43 million in grants to 93 rural health care organizations and community groups across 22 States,” Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack noted during his recent announcement.  “These i ...
USDA: Winter Wheat Crop Struggling Nationwide
USDA: Winter Wheat Crop Struggling Nationwide
USDA: Winter Wheat Crop Struggling Nationwide
The wheat crop nationwide is facing a variety of challenges this year. "For weeks now we've been watching the status of winter wheat and the poor condition across the central and southern great plains and despite a fairly stormy week last week, it's not surprising that we still have some significant issues with winter wheat condition," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey ...
PNWCA To Host Hybrid Annual Meeting Monday
PNWCA To Host Hybrid Annual Meeting Monday
PNWCA To Host Hybrid Annual Meeting Monday
The PNW Canola Association’s annual meeting will take place Monday January 31st, and this year’s event will be a hybrid event, both on-line and in person in Spokane. Karen Sowers, Executive Director of the PNW Canola Association said the event is open to members and non-members alike and they will recap the struggles and successes of the 2021 season, as well as legislative issues in D.C. as well
National Drought Already Impacting National Wheat Crop
National Drought Already Impacting National Wheat Crop
National Drought Already Impacting National Wheat Crop
How has the national drought impacted the country's winter wheat crop? "Last year's winter wheat crop, the one planted in the fall of 2020 and harvested in 2021, a lot of that crop made it through before the drought got intense across the great plains ...

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