Last month, potato growers and industry partners teamed up to launch a new initiative dedicated to growing future leaders. It’s called The Potato Leadership, Education and Advancement Foundation, or Potato LEAF. Othello potato farmer Shelley Olsen will chair the new 501(c)3.
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The Oregon Food Bank is mobilizing its statewide network to ensure every Oregonian is counted in this year's census. This is the first time Oregon Food Bank is taking part in census outreach efforts.
Rae Dunnaville with the Food Bank said they're in prime position to do so, because they interact with about 72,000 community members monthly. She add...
The Washington Apple Education Foundation said it will award over $1 million in new and renewing scholarships to college students this spring. To be eligible for a WAEF scholarship, students much have a tie to Washington’s tree fruit industry, either having been raised in a family whose primary source of income is derived from the tree fruit industry or who are pursuing a college degree with plan
The nation's dairy cattle herd is getting smaller in numbers, bigger in production and it looks like that trend will continue. The latest cattle inventory shows milk cows that have calved as of January 1st stood at 9.33 million head.
A decrease of less than 1%.
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Chinese officials confirmed this week they are working on finalizing a “phase one” agreement with President Trump that includes significant purchases of U.S. ag products. An official from China’s Commerce Ministry confirmed the purchases to reporters, but did not provide details on how much U.S. ag products China w...
Flooding that started along the Missouri River in March, is expected to continue into December. Kevin Grode with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said this year is shaping up to be one for the record books.
“The 2019 calendar year runoff forecast for the upper Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa, is 61.0 million-acre feet,...