…Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule a “travesty” that will micro-manage and over regulate “puddles and ditches on farms, ranches and other privately-held property.” The document…
Agri View: Lost Land
…of public land, environment, natural resource and Native American law at the University of Wyoming, is the author of “The Western Range Revisited: Removing Livestock from Public Lands to Conserve…
Agri View: Bad Weather
…Great Lakes region, while showers and thunderstorms are affecting the westernmost Corn Belt. Despite pockets of drought, overall growing conditions are mostly favorable for Midwestern corn and soybeans. In the…
Western View: Kings Forest
…There’s a foreboding threat of violence in the protests known as the Sagebrush Rebellion. This is an issue we need to study and resolve. Western View: King Forest It began…
Drought Resistant Plants
…Western culture, such as grapes and pomegranates—the Garden of Eden was purportedly somewhere in the drylands of the Middle East, after all. Others are common garden plants that just happen…
Ag Secretary Vilsack a Potential VP Candidate
…I know about foreign policy: The United States must be at the center of every problem globally. We must lead. I understand that.” Vilsack told NBC he’s happy to talk…
First-Ever National Academy of Sciences Prize
…on improving people’s health with vaccines and other life-saving tools and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks…
Agri View: Fire Ant Problem
…of Imported Fire Ants (IFA) were introduced into the United States from South America at the port of Mobile, Alabama. The black imported fire ant, Solenopsis richteri Forel, arrived around…
Funding for Farmworker Housing
…immigrants come to the United States for the opportunity to work, pay taxes and fully contribute to this country’s economy, many with a dream of someday becoming American citizens. America’s…
Humane Handling of Veal Calves
…or rested may enter the food supply. In 2013, FSIS granted a petition by the Humane Society of the United States asking the agency to remove this provision. This new…
Western View: Calling Out Media Bias
A story on my Iphone news feed got my blood pressure up last week. It looked like a news story, but the headline could hardly be called unbiased. Western View:…
U.S. Chicken Consumption Continues to Increase
Chicken consumption in the United States continues to increase, according to the National Chicken Council. New research announced Monday at the 2016 Chicken Marketing Summit shows nine out of ten…
Cargill Selling Texas Feedlot Businesses
…will purchase Cargill’s agriculture retail business in the United States. John Keating, president of Cargill’s beef business, says selling the feed yards in the Texas Panhandle allows the company to…
Smelt Plan Calls for More Water Release
…western Delta where fresh and saltwater mix, and move upstream into fresher water to spawn. Factors implicated in the decline of the species include non-native predators and competitors, water project…