On Jan. 19, Colorado Mesa University and the Business Incubator Center unveiled the results of their groundbreaking study — Western Slope Agriculture Report — to a packed conference room of ranchers, ...

“The Western agricultural industry is confronted with a unique body of legal and policy issues, with water issues often at the very top of the list.” — Harrison Pittman Instream water rights and the ...

The Western U.S. is heavily reliant on mountain snowpacks and their gradual melt for water storage and supply, and climate change is expected to upend the reliability of this natural process. Many ...

The bipartisan infrastructure agreement that the Senate is preparing to debate includes $8.3 billion in Western water infrastructure funding sought by farm groups in the region that is suffering ...

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency must engage with farmers earlier in the regulatory process in order to draft rules that are workable and science-based, a sugarbeet industry scientist ...

Donald Trump’s election to a second term as president drew mostly positive reactions from Western agriculture leaders. “It’s a two-edged sword,” said Mac Riggan, vice president of sales and business ...

The College of Western Idaho on Sept. 9 celebrated the opening of its Agricultural Sciences Complex on CWI’s campus in Nampa. The 40-acre development at Progress Way and Cherry Lane is a “major ...

This week's Open Mic guest is Tom Zacharias, President of National Crop Insurance Services. As risk factors for crop and livestock farmers have grown over the years, crop insurance has become a ...

The Western Canadian Crop Production Show is running for three days, Jan. 13-15, at World Trade Center Saskatoon at Prairieland Park. Doors open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, ...

Earlier this week, Yolo County Supervisors Lucas Frerichs and Angel Barajas welcomed members of the agricultural community to the third annual Western Yolo Ag Roundtable. The Monday, Oct. 27, event ...