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The U.S. Apple Association recently announced its fifteen Young Apple Leaders for 2021, and four of this year’s winners come from the Pacific Northwest. The program provides each Young Apple Leader a year of mentorship and leadership training as they learn about federal regulatory and legislative apple issues. Bec ...

The owner of a horse farm southwest of Portland faces a felony charge for animal neglect, after investigators found nearly 50 horses they say were not being given adequate food or water. Because of the number of animals on the property, Susan Swango, 82, faces one count of 2nd Degree animal neglect ...

According to an Oregon State University researcher, if a small fraction of farms captured solar energy, it could produce a large slice of the country's energy needs, all while boosting the bottom lines of farmers. OSU’s Chad Higgins said 1% of farmland in the United State could provide 20% of the country's electricity needs through solar power. He ...

Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine made history Monday morning, with the first female dean the the school's 120-year history. Dori Borjesson comes to Pullman from the University of California Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine, where she was the chair of the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology. The Beave ...

On Tuesday, Oregon’s Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the state will receive nearly $200,000 in Farm to School grants to support partnerships between local farms and school districts. The USDA funding will allow farms to supply schools with local produce, support hands-on agricultural education, and promote healthy eating through family programming, including cooking demonstrations and

Because of the spread of the coronavirus, the federal government announced Thursday that two Columbia River System public comment meetings have been changed. Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and the Bonneville Power Administration decided that the in-person public comment meetings planned for Seattle and Portland will not be held due to the number of COVID-19

Saying it would destabilize the power grid and increase overall greenhouse emissions, the long-awaited federal report out Friday rejected the idea of removing four hydroelectric dams on the Snake River. The report said Hydropower generation would decrease by 1,100 average megawatts under average water conditions, and 730 average megawatts under low water conditions ...

The 6th annual Hemp/CBD Connex event runs Wednesday and Thursday at the Portland Expo Center.  The event will include industry experts from Washington, Oregon and the USDA talking about the hemp industry now, and how that industry may evolve into the future.  Th...

The future of the hemp and CBD industry will take center stage at the Portland Expo Center Wednesday and Thursday, during the Connex event.  The two day event will focus on the evolution of the hemp market, talk about what resources and sale opportunities exist for growers and what’s being done to promote hemp across the Northwest and nationally.   B...

A climate change bill expected to dominate the 2020 Oregon legislative session got its first public hearing this week.  Lawmakers say they will try to find a compromise on an issue that led to GOP senators walking out of the Capitol last year.  Th...