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You’ll find some of the biggest fans of the show living in the Spokane and Spokane Valley, Yakima, and the Tri-Cities areas.

The USDA announced $27.6 million in grants for underserved and veteran farmers, ranchers, and foresters. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is celebrating its many successful efforts to prevent African swine fever from reaching the United States.

Natural Resources about the consequences of the fires on rural communities, urging proactive steps like removing wildfire fuels. Pacific Northwest wheat growers and the U.S. milling industry are celebrating the latest Food for Peace donation of 28,000 metric tons of soft white wheat.

The USDA is providing additional financial relief for farm loan borrowers who are facing economic difficulties. Some 41 Senators reintroduced legislation to permanently repeal the federal estate tax.

**Operations are returning to normal at California farms, ranches and agricultural businesses that endured public-safety power shutoffs. The widespread outages interrupted harvest schedules for wine grapes, rice and other crops, and caused scattered produce losses due to lack of refrigeration...

The demand that China is putting on the global soybean production has people wondering why China doesn't grow their own. They are running out of water.

A report released this week by USDA shows 70 percent of U.S. farms and ranches now have access to internet. The Computer Usage and Ownership report by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service shows a three percent increase in internet access since 2013...

Senators Joe Donnelly, Chuck Grassley and Deb Fischer introduced a bill to expand the volatility waiver for E-15 ethanol on Thursday - which would increase consumers’ access to higher blends of ethanol the entire year. This legislation is similar to one introduced in the House last month...