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Ag bankers says land as collateral can be a viable option for additional farm loan. People are eating more meat, poultry and dairy products than ever before.

**More data are needed on how animal antibiotics are used and on the efficacy of alternatives in order to accelerate the use of antibiotic-free options. A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts says the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance have created a growing global threat because the use of antibiotics drives resistance expansion...

**The already controversial decision by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, determining the widely used herbicide glyphosate probably causes cancer in humans, is now subject to more debate. Armed with recent evidence, critics of the report charge that IARC should have considered unpublished data that may have altered the report’s 2015 conclusion...

SEATTLE (AP) — Carol Newhouse, the wife of Washington state Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, has died. She was 62. The congressman's office said in a news release that she died Friday. It did not say where she died or give a cause of death...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Jeff Bezos family has strengthened its longstanding support of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center by giving it its largest gift ever: $35 million. The Seattle Times reports that the donation will be used to draw top researchers and to explore new ways to fight cancer...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As more states legalize marijuana for humans, more pet owners are giving medical-cannabis products to their furry companions to treat a range of ailments, including arthritis, anxiety, seizures and cancer. But veterinarians say there isn't enough scientific data to show that cannabis is safe and effective for treating animals...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Sen. Andy Hill, the key budget writer for Senate Republicans in Washington state, says he is battling a recurrence of lung cancer. The 53-year-old senator from Redmond sent an email to supporters and wrote a message Monday on his website with the news...

TORONTO (AP) — Rob Ford, the pugnacious, populist former mayor of Toronto whose career crashed in a drug-driven, obscenity-laced debacle, died Tuesday after fighting cancer, his family says. He was 46. Ford rode into office on a backlash against urban elites. He ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden toured a Seattle research facility on Monday, saying scientists are at a turning point in their efforts to eliminate cancer. The tour is part of the White House's $1 billion proposal for a new initiative to cure cancer. Sin...

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — A University of Idaho football recruit has died of cancer. The school announced that 18-year-old Jace Malek died Sunday. Coach Paul Petrino in a statement says he's thankful Malek was part of the team and he made Petrino a better father, coach and person...