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Parrella Honored By Idaho Delegation
Parrella Honored By Idaho Delegation
Parrella Honored By Idaho Delegation
Congratulations to outgoing University of Idaho College of Agricultural Life Sciences dean Michael Parrella.  He was recently honored by the Idaho congressional delegation as he prepares to retire from the College.  The letter said in part: "Your tenure as dean has left an indelible mark on our state’s agricultural landscape.  For nearly a decade, yo...
Maybe 3rd Times A Charm; FWMA Reintroduced Again
Maybe 3rd Times A Charm; FWMA Reintroduced Again
Maybe 3rd Times A Charm; FWMA Reintroduced Again
“This bill is kind of a marker, it starts the discussion and I'm hoping that we can make some needed updates to it before final passage,” said Representative Dan Newhouse, after he and California’s Zoe Lofgren reintroduced the Farm Workforce Modernization Act on Wednesday.  He said  reintroducing th...
Republicans Call on Leadership To Pass A Farm Bill
Republicans Call on Leadership To Pass A Farm Bill
Republicans Call on Leadership To Pass A Farm Bill
Several Northwest lawmakers signed a letter Thursday calling for the reauthorization of a highly effective Farm Bill to be a top priority of the 118th Congress.  The letter, sent to Republican Leadership, calls for a commitment supporting rural America, and investing in critical programs for agriculture.   ...
House GOP Calls For WOTUS To Be Postponed
House GOP Calls For WOTUS To Be Postponed
House GOP Calls For WOTUS To Be Postponed
Thursday, several members of the House of Representatives, including Washington’s Dan Newhouse, Illinois’ Mike Bost, North Carolina’s David Rouzer, and Iowa’s Mariannette Miller-Meeks led 192 other House Republicans in a letter blasting the Administration for its "premature and reckless WOTUS final rule".  The Members demand th...
Simpson Calls On Senate To Pass FWMA
Simpson Calls On Senate To Pass FWMA
Simpson Calls On Senate To Pass FWMA
A bipartisan group of House members is urging the Senate to pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act as the end of the current Congress quickly approaches.  The House has already cleared the bipartisan legislation twice, but it continually gets held up in the Senate.  Idaho R...
Idaho Continues To Push For Grizzly To Be Delisted
Idaho Continues To Push For Grizzly To Be Delisted
Idaho Continues To Push For Grizzly To Be Delisted
Last week, Idaho’s Congressional delegation, which includes senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch as well as representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher, demanded a response to the state’s grizzly bear delisting petition.  In Thursday’s letter, to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic...
Risch, Simpson, Schrader Ask USDA To Hold Mexico Accountable
Risch, Simpson, Schrader Ask USDA To Hold Mexico Accountable
Risch, Simpson, Schrader Ask USDA To Hold Mexico Accountable
Last week several Northwest lawmakers called on the USDA to press its counterparts in Mexico for that country to honor and expedite the U.S.-Mexico trade deal. That deal restores U.S. fresh potato exports to all of Mexico, rather that just locations near the border with the United States ...
Northwest Wheat Growers Send Letter To Simpson To Correct Facts About Snake River Dams
Northwest Wheat Growers Send Letter To Simpson To Correct Facts About Snake River Dams
Northwest Wheat Growers Send Letter To Simpson To Correct Facts About Snake River Dams
The four wheat grower associations across the Northwest recently sent a letter to Idaho Representative Mike Simpson, challenging him on the usage of the lower Snake River dams as well as other statistics. Simpson when presenting his case of why the dams should be removed, he claims those dams are not as vital to the Northwest farming community as they once were ...

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