pacific northwest

The Drought in the Pacific Northwest, where most of U.S. white wheat is grown, a 29% year-to-year decline is expected, its lowest since the 1974/75 marketing year, with exports down 41%.

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New USDA data shows the minimum hourly agricultural wage rates are highest in the Pacific Northwest. For 2019, the min. hourly wage in Washington and Oregon was $15.03.

A great source of optimism for thousands of producers at the Cattle Industry Annual Convention in New Orleans was the record pace of U.S. beef exports.

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The 2017 Pacific Northwest sweet cherry crop is forecast at 22.7 million, but it could easily exceed the 23.2 million-box record set in 2014. Capital Press reports that's according to growers at the Five State Cherry Commission meeting...

A heavy snowfall this winter in the Pacific Northwest and other parts of the West has caused travel delays and other problems for people. But wildlife are also suffering, from deer and elk whose food sources are buried under snow and ice to cougars that had to forage in an Oregon town...

SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of residents in the Pacific Northwest remained without power Sunday as the remnants of a potentially apocalyptic typhoon began to fizzle out. Emergency crews in Oregon and Washington worked through the night to restore power lines and remove dozens of downed trees to clear roads that the storm had damaged over the past two days...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Pacific Northwest can meet most of its power needs over the next 20 years with energy efficiency and voluntary reductions of power use during periods of peak demand. That's according to the draft power plan by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. A p...

National Turkey Federation Vice President for Communications and Marketing Keith Williams says that more than 25 states across the U.S. produce 240-million turkeys each year and so far - the H5N2 strain has affected less than one-percent of the turkey population...