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Texas ag commissioner asks Trump to step in

The New World Screwworm fly has been detected in southwest Texas, completing the cattle-attacking parasite’s northward march through Central America and Mexico.

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed June 3 that a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County was infected with New World Screwworm larvae.

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Idaho worst for drought in Pacific Northwest, while Washington is least parched

Wasco County along the Columbia River Gorge and Malheur County in Southeast Oregon are the most recent regions to request a state drought declarat...


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The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Grant County farmer who’s been embroiled in a nine-year battle with the Department of Ecology.

The court decided June 2 to hear Ron Fode’s claims that Ecology wrongly said he missed a deadline to apply to transfer water-rights and compounded its error by rushing to fine him $618,000 in 2017 for irrigating ...


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Farmers have cast their ballots on whether to continue the Christmas tree industry’s checkoff program, concluding a referendum that’s been markedly quieter than previous iterations.

Unlike two elections held during the program’s early years, there doesn’t appear to have been any organized campaigns attempting to sway this year’s vote.

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The high-risk period for big wildfires in the West is coming early in many locations as summer’s expected above-normal temperatures and below-normal rainfall follow paltry snowpack and a largely dry May.

“From the current and forecast conditions, above-normal significant fire potential is forecast across much of the West in June,” including in most of the greater Four ...


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