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EPA Concerns The Farm Bureau
EPA Concerns The Farm Bureau
EPA Concerns The Farm Bureau
While much remains a mystery about the 119th Congress, most of farm country is looking forward to the future with optimism.  However, one area that still of concern, at least for the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Environmental space; more specifically the EPA.  Courtne...
Save Family Farming Calls For House Cleaning At Region 10
Save Family Farming Calls For House Cleaning At Region 10
Save Family Farming Calls For House Cleaning At Region 10
Save Family Farming is calling on the Trump EPA Administrator nominee, former New York representative Lee Zeldin, if confirmed, to stop EPA Region 10 assault on family farming.  Save Family Farming’s Dillon Honcoop said the problem with Region 10 is not the political appointees, but rather the long-time staff and their ongoing treatment of Washington agriculture.  Honcoop point...
Yakima County Dairies Ordered To Test Drinking Water
Yakima County Dairies Ordered To Test Drinking Water
Yakima County Dairies Ordered To Test Drinking Water
Earlier this month, a federal judge in Spokane ordered a trio of central Washington dairies to provide water filters for nearby residents as well as test area wells for nitrate contamination.  Judge Thomas Rice issued the preliminary injunction December 17th at the request of the EPA against Cow Palace, DeRuyter and Liberty dairies in Yakima County.  Accordi...
Don’t Throw Your Pumpkins In The Garbage
Don’t Throw Your Pumpkins In The Garbage
Don’t Throw Your Pumpkins In The Garbage
Odds are your jack-o-lanterns won’t be around long after Halloween this Thursday.  But, before you pitch that pumpkin, Susan Baker, Deschutes County Waste Diversion Manager, said you don’t want to put it in the trash.   “There is a way for folks to go ahead and compost their leftover pumpkins after Halloween. Also, remembering that if you h...
Parrott: Tour Good For Local Farmers, EPA
Parrott: Tour Good For Local Farmers, EPA
Parrott: Tour Good For Local Farmers, EPA
Last month, the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association hosted their 2nd annual EPA Crop Tour.  From August 11th-14th, Idaho’s farming community hosted staff members from the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs.  Samantha Parrott, Executive Director of the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association, noted all of Idaho agriculture was on display during the three-day event.   “So we showcased water.

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