The Snake River Spring Chinook returns increased for the second year in a row with more than 29,634 salmon passing the Lower Granite Dam, a 27% increase from 2020 and 55% above 2019 returns.
More vineyards will be removed in California this year, as farmers and wineries work to correct an imbalance of their inventories in supply and demand.
The final report from the Romaine Task Force, started in the wake of several outbreaks traced to the lettuce, is far from over, but recommendations could come by December.
Monsanto has increased its Syngenta takeover offer. After the initial deal was rejected earlier this year, Monsanto has changed the proposal to contain a higher proportion of cash than the prior bid, which envisioned a split of 45 percent cash to 55 percent Monsanto shares...
Scientists with the US Department of Agriculture have found the bacterium that causes E.coli in humans, is more likely to contaminate lettuce when downy mildew is already present. Microbiologist Maria Brandl has been investigating why so many E...