Company to open beef processing facility in S. Idaho

JEROME, Idaho (AP) — A beef processing company said Friday it will open a new plant in south-central Idaho and hire 400 workers.

Company to open beef processing facility in S. Idaho

JEROME, Idaho (AP) — A beef processing company said Friday it will open a new plant in south-central Idaho and hire 400 workers.

Bill to allow livestock owners to retrieve cattle in fires

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Legislature has approved a bill that would allow livestock owners to enter wildfire zones to retrieve their animals, provided they don't interfere with firefighting operations.

Connell Grain welcomes Bill Shibley as General Manager

Over his 26-year career, Bill has built a solid background in leadership, building strong teams and delivering long-term results for customers. He started his career in marketing with John Deere, but then spent more than two decades with Northwest Farm Credit Services, moving up through branch management. Leaving for CHS, he was a branch executive responsible for $1 billion in loans outstanding and a team of 30 plus across the Columbia Basin. 

Surging Buffs focus on Utah, not Pac-12 title game scenarios

Colorado linebacker Carson Wells prefers to treat football games much like rounding up 600-pound cattle on his family's ranch — one at a time.

Surging Buffs focus on Utah, not Pac-12 title game scenarios

Colorado linebacker Carson Wells prefers to treat football games much like rounding up 600-pound cattle on his family's ranch — one at a time.

Edith "Lucille" Libby (Lybbert)

Edith "Lucille" Libby (Lybbert), was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 18, 1927 to Bert and Esther (Fannin) Dahl. She was raised by her mother Esther who later married Glen Hatch. She grew up in Salmon, Idaho where she attended school through the 10th grade.

Wild horse roundups ramping up as drought grips the US West

TOOELE, Utah (AP) — The sound of the helicopter propeller thundered across the horizon as it dipped down toward mustangs dotting the golden brown plain. The horses burst into a gallop at the machine's approach, their high-pitched whinnies rising into the dry air.

Mustang roundups fuel deepening debate as drought grips West

TOOELE, Utah (AP) — The sound of the helicopter propeller thundered across the horizon as it dipped down toward mustangs dotting the golden brown plain. The horses burst into a gallop at the machine's approach, their high-pitched whinnies rising into the dry air.

Wild horse roundups ramping up as drought grips the US West

TOOELE, Utah (AP) — The sound of the helicopter propeller thundered across the horizon as it dipped down toward mustangs dotting the golden brown plain. The horses burst into a gallop at the machine's approach, their high-pitched whinnies rising into the dry air.

Wild horse roundups ramping up as drought grips the US West

TOOELE, Utah (AP) — The sound of the helicopter propeller thundered across the horizon as it dipped down toward mustangs dotting the golden brown plain. The horses burst into a gallop at the machine's approach, their high-pitched whinnies rising into the dry air.

Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers.

Hungry grasshoppers spurred by US drought threaten rangeland

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers.

Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers.

Hungry grasshoppers spurred by US drought threaten rangeland

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers.

Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers.

Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers.

Hungry grasshoppers spurred by US drought threaten rangeland

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers.

Randle rancher fighting Transportation Department

RANDLE, Wash. (AP) — Last July, the Washington State Department of Transportation asked Victor Khvoroff to sign a permit allowing survey crews onto his ranch. A few days later, WSDOT sent them out without telling Khvoroff and before he had agreed to anything.

Hay exports face pandemic recovery

Anderson CEO sells hay while the sun shines

ELLENSBURG — Agriculture exports for the state of Washington are in flux with some crops declining and others, such as apples and hay have climbed the value ladder. According to figures recently published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2021 apple exports totaled nearly $2.2 billion, up 4.3% from apple exports in 2020, and roughly one-fifth of the total value of state farm product exports of $10.2 billion. While a few farm commodities posted increases in 2021 from the previous year’s levels — the value of cattle and calf exports rose 13.6%, hop exports rose 8.4% — the USDA reported the value of most of the state’s farm exports fell in 2021, some by a little — the value of potato exports fell 5.4% — while wheat exports fell by a whopping 20.2%. That likely reflects 2021’s drought-ravaged wheat harvest, which fell 48% to 87.2 million bushels from 166.2 million in 2020, according to a USDA report published in January 2020....