Nevada

Last week, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced his agency is expanding efforts to reduce the risk of wildfires in the western U.S.  Funds will be invested to directly protect at-risk communities and critical infrastructure in 11 additional landscapes in Washington Oregon, Idaho California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.   “...

Dairy operators looking to improve production, expand marketing and distribution, or looking to develop dairy products, funding to help is available.  Dairy farmers and processors in Washington, Oregon, as well as California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico are encouraged to apply for funding through the Pacific Coast Coalition Dairy Business Innovation Initiative.  It’s ex...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association released its priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill. Those priorities were based on producer input at the association’s Summer Business Meeting in Reno, NV. “Our annual meetings are the cornerstone of NCBA’s grassroots policy process,” says NCBA President Don Schiefelbein. NCBA Farm Bill priorities...

As mask mandates came to an end in both Oregon and Washington this weekend, the health community is remind farm county the coronavirus has not disappeared. In fact, COVID-19 vaccination rates in rural America continue to trail rates in most urban areas across the country ...

Some members of the Congressional Western Caucus are not happy with the Administration's proposal to withdraw ten million acres of federal lands via the Endangered Species Act. In a recent letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the lawmakers claim the Administration is using its decision to update the greater sage-grouse land management plans as an excuse to ban development in areas across Ida

When it comes to poor pasture and rangelands conditions, Montana is the leader nationwide. "We see quite a long list of states running anywhere from 70 to 85% very poor to poor.  That list includes all three Pacific Coast states; Washington, Oregon, California. Alo ...

Chicago-Based Evans Food Group is recalling approximately 10,359 pounds of pork pellet products that were not presented for import re-inspection into the United States. The pork pellet products were imported on September 15th and further processed into pork rind and chicharrones items ...

After taking a year off, the 2021 Western Alfalfa & Forage Symposium will be held in-person November 16th-18th, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV. Organizers said this year, an agricultural educational tour of Nevada is being offered, visiting a dairy, a specialized goat dairy, distillery, the Derby Dam and Newlands water project, and a hay export operation. Early ...

During their 53rd Annual Meeting this week, the Public Land Council honored Idaho rancher and longtime Bureau of Land Management leader John Ruhs with the 2021 Friends of PLC award. Ruhs formerly served as BLM Acting Deputy Director, Assistant Director of Fire and Aviation at the National Interagency Fire Center, and a state director for both Nevada and Idaho. ...

On Wednesday, House lawmakers introduced the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act. Supporters said the legislation will reform and bring accountability as well as transparency to Commodity Checkoff Programs. Applauded by the Organization for Competitive Markets, the organization claims checkoff programs “have long been plagued by scandal after scandal for misappropriation of funds, lack of t