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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Horses

In brief for Oregon on March 19, 2010

NW mustang makeover set For the second year in a row, the Extreme Mustang Makeover challenge is headed to the Northwest Horse Fair and Expo, which will be March 19-21 at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany, Ore. The Northwest event is a spin-off of the Extreme Mustang Makeover f ...

Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:09 AM

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Livestock

Feed lot bill no longer limits access to records

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Cattle feed lot operators failed to limit public access to state inspection reports that determine whether operators are safely getting rid of their ...

Friday, March 19, 2010 4:28 PM

Environmental group sues over grouse ruling

An environmental group has sued the Department of the Interior over its sage grouse ruling. In response to the department's decision that protection for the sage grouse is "w ...

Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:09 AM

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Critics offer competing theories about antitrust

Rancher Wade King is worried about the bottleneck in the beef industry. Only a handful of meat companies stand between ranchers and consumers, giving beef packers undue ...

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:09 AM

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NRCS announces $16 million grouse initiative

The sage grouse isn't listed as an endangered species, but federal officials hope to help ranchers protect the bird's habitat and avoid that fate. "We have a window of t ...

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:09 AM

Research Center

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Family research team finds niche

RUPERT, Idaho -- When Terry Miller was a young professor at Ohio State University, his father developed health problems and asked if he would consider coming back to work on ...

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:09 AM

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Vilsack: Climate bill can benefit ag

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week renewed the argument that climate legislation can be crafted to benefit agriculture. Legislation can be crafted to "avoi ...

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:08 AM

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Lab speeds wheat breeding

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Kulvinder Gill can't speed up time, but he can speed up the work of wheat breeders at the new Washington State University doubled haploid laboratory. N ...

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:08 AM

Noted wheat breeder joins French co-op

A leader in Pacific Northwest wheat breeding is leaving Oregon State University. OSU wheat breeder Jim Peterson in May will become vice president of research for France- ...

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:09 AM

Profit Center

Port Townsend farmer pleads guilty to bank robbery

SEATTLE (AP) -- A Port Townsend farmer apparently had a secret life as a bank robber. Michael Fenter, owner of Compass Rose Farm, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Cou ...

Sunday, March 21, 2010 9:28 AM

Contest promotes fruits, vegetables

A nonprofit organization that promotes healthy eating is urging fruit and vegetable producers and sellers to promote their own products through a nationwide contest. The Produce ...

Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:09 AM

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Beet growers savor ruling

The sugar beet industry expressed relief after a federal judge on March 16 denied an effort to block the use of genetically engineered seeds this season. "We're excited ...

Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:08 AM

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Critics offer competing theories about antitrust

Rancher Wade King is worried about the bottleneck in the beef industry. Only a handful of meat companies stand between ranchers and consumers, giving beef packers undue ...

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:09 AM

Dairy

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Dairyline: Producers keep an eye on MILC rate

The April federal order Class I milk price will move lower for the third consecutive month. The Agriculture Department announced the base price at $13.22 per hundredweight, d ...

Sunday, March 21, 2010 10:29 AM

Idaho raw milk bill would allow cow share arrangements

A bill moving through Idaho's House of Representatives could effectively end the debate over raw milk sales in the state. House Bill 675 would amend Idaho law to provide for a ...

Friday, March 19, 2010 3:49 PM

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Critics offer competing theories about antitrust

Rancher Wade King is worried about the bottleneck in the beef industry. Only a handful of meat companies stand between ranchers and consumers, giving beef packers undue ...

Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:09 AM

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Farmer offers advice on surviving immigration probe

BAKERSFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont dairy farmer who was among those targeted in a federal crackdown on undocumented workers says he thought three illegal workers had proper d ...

Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:08 AM

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