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By Alejandro Figueroa (OPB) and Antonio Sierra (OPB) For years, Oregon state agencies, local governments and committees have hashed and rehashed plans to…

(Runtime 1:06)Some Northwest dairy farmers have experienced low milk prices, belly-high flooding, extreme heat, extreme cold events and fires in the past…

(Runtime :58)Experts say they are not sure how the highly-pathogenic avian influenza is passed among dairy cattle yet, but birds and cattle mingle a lot…

(Runtime 3:54)It’s hot! It hit about 110 degrees in the Columbia Basin this week. So how do dairy cows, with no air conditioning, stay cool? Turns out one…

Bobbi Harrold runs a 400-some milker dairy out of Creswell, Oregon and she says she could deal with a bit less paperwork, not more, on her farm.“I became…

The Easterday Dairy near Boardman, Oregon doesn't have an easy history. Once called Lost Valley, its former owner was embroiled in fines, bankruptcy,…

The Pasco manufacturing and business sector is growing fast but the housing sector is lagging. According to the organization Local Housing Solutions, Pasco’s comprehensive plan for 2018 thru 2038 found the city will fall thirty-four percent short of projected growth with new home construction.

Dairy farmers across Western Washington say they’re a day or two from totally running out of fodder. That’s because of last week’s floods.

Environmental groups and the Washington dairy industry are unhappy with a state permit that regulates pollutants. The groups made their cases before a state appeals court this week. In 2017, the Washington Department of Ecology issued what’s known as a discharge permit for large dairies or other concentrated animal feeding operations.

With at least two dozen Oregon dairies threatened by raging wildfires, farmers are grappling with the delicate task of moving them to safer ground — or staying put.