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FFA kids from across the Pacific Northwest hit the road earlier this week, traveling to the Beehive state.  And as Rod Cool reports, it should come as no surprise, many of those local young people made their schools proud.      If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.c...

Over the years, there’s been some talk of splitting farm programs and nutrition programs in the Farm Bill, and making them separate pieces of legislation.  However, Utah Farm Bureau member Tyson Roberts said the two programs need to be connected.   Robert...

Sweet cherry production is expected to drop this year, while tart cherry production forecasts are up year-over-year. According to NASS the sweet cherry production forecast is down 27% from 2021 figures at 275,000 tons. In Washington, the largest producing sweet cherry producing state, severe cold weather in winter and spring reduced pollination and fruit set ...

A group of lawmakers tell the White House there's "no reason" to start allowing regulation regarding plant-based beverages labeled as animal products. Senator Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, and Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, led the effort in a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget ...

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

Dairy West has a trio of new directors. John Brubaker, owner of Knott Run Dairy in Buhl, will fill Seat #2 and serve until March 2025. Pete Wiersma, owner of Fairview Dairy in Buhl, will fill Seat #5 and serve until March 2025. And Debra Reeves, co-owner of White Harvest Farms in Buhl, will fill the newly added Seat #9 and serve until March of next year ...

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 ...

Last week, Dan Newhouse, Chair of the Congressional Western Caucus, and G.T Thompson, House Ag Committee Republican Leader, wrote a letter to USDA concerning the spread of Little Cherry Disease and its impact on the sweet cherry industry across the U ...

On Wednesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Department of Agriculture is investing $167 million in 12 states to deploy broadband infrastructure. The investment focuses on rural areas without sufficient access to high-speed internet ...

The 2021 tart cherry crop is larger than previous year crops by over two million tons. "That's really about half of what we would normally see for our tart cherry crop," said NASS' Lance Honig. "So this is the second consecutive year with fairly low production ...