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Increasing demand for surface water, and greater use of ground water and recycled water for irrigation, has led to H2O with high salt concentrations being used for crops.   “Plants they do not like high salt in irrigation water or in the soil," said USDA geneticist Devinder Sandhu.  "So, thi...

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Ranchers and small communities will have to learn to co-exist with bears. But there's more to it than just grabbing a gun and praying for the best. Here's how Montana is making things work.

The USDA has stepped up its regulations of the Horse Protection Act to try to eliminate the practice of horse soring.

The FDA, USDA, and EPA have published a draft of a national strategy to reduce food loss and waste in the United States by 50% by 2030.

Beginning in late December, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the 2024 Commercial Floriculture Survey with approximately 1,100 producers throughout Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

The USDA has released its weekly crop progress and condition report for the Pacific Northwest. This week's report covers November 6 through November 12, 2023.

The USDA's most recent crop production report has been released for the Pacific Northwest, covering corn for grain, sugarbeets, and potatoes. All three crops have forecasts of production increases across the board over last year's numbers.

Potato stocks across the Pacific Northwest total 157 million cwt to start the month.     Potato stocks in Idaho on December 1st totaled 85.0 million cwt.  Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 35.7 million cwt.  Potato stocks in ...

The USDA’s 2022-2023 September wheat production forecast is unchanged from August at 1.783 billion bushels.  2022-2023 wheat exports are also unchanged from the previous month at 825 million bushels, and there are no by-class changes.  U.S. wheat ex...