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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...

2019 was a busy year for the Oregon Young Farmers and Ranchers program, but Chair Jenny Freeborn wouldn’t have it any other way.  She said the organization was busy statewide and nationally preparing the next generation of farmers for the Beaver state and beyond.  And whil...

The USDA is expected to issue new rules for growing and testing hemp sometime September.  Because of that, some farmers feeling anxious about establishing consistent standards for producing the booming crop.   Oregon Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon told Capital Press he expects the USDA to issue those regulations sometimes within the next two to four weeks.  Wyden w...

Kathy Stephenson offers up more details on what is in store for the Pear Meetings in later this month.       If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

Kathy Stephenson with Pear Bureau Northwest previews the annual pear meetings taking place in Portland.       If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

Last week, senators in Olympia held their first hearing on a proposed transportation package.  Minority leader senator Mark Schoesler says the current proposal will not be good for Washington’s farming community.   “A $15 a ton carbon tax, which would be about 15 cents a gallon for fuel, with no roads included.  Increased sales tax...

This week, the U.S. Wheat Associates is hosting its Latin American and Caribbean Wheat Buyers Conference in Portland.  U.S. Wheat Associates Vice President Vince Peterson said this market in particular is growing all the time.   “When we first started doing this in about 1992 or 1993, this kind of a biannual conference, about 10% of U.S. Wheat export...