Analysis: Mississippi Pump Proposal Evokes Strong Reactions November 16, 2020 By Emily Wagster Pettus JACKSON, Miss. — Farmers, rural shopkeepers and Mississippi politicians from both major parties are speaking out to support a proposed...
Destruction of Murder Hornets Nest Doesn’t End Threat November 12, 2020 By Nicholas K. Geranios SPOKANE, Wash. — When scientists in Washington state destroyed the first nest of so-called murder hornets found in the U.S.,...
Washington Supreme Court: Farmworkers to Get Overtime Pay November 9, 2020 By Gene Johnson SEATTLE — A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday the state’s dairy workers are entitled to overtime pay if they...
Japan PM Says Plan to Release Fukushima Water Coming Soon October 29, 2020 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday that his government is working on the final details of a...
Crews Vacuum ‘Murder Hornets’ Out of Washington Nest October 26, 2020 BLAINE, Wash. — Heavily protected crews in Washington state worked Saturday to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets...
Thousands of Minks Dead in Covid Outbreak on Utah Farms October 6, 2020 By JoNel Aleccia Thousands of minks at Utah fur farms have died because of the coronavirus in the past 10 days, forcing nine...
Search Underway for Murder Hornets Nest in Washington State October 5, 2020 By Nicholas K. Geranios SPOKANE, Wash. — Agricultural officials in Washington state said Friday they are trying to find and destroy a nest of...
Agriculture Workers Risk Safety and Health During Pandemic September 28, 2020 By Frank Hernandez States such as Virginia, Oregon and Washington have created their own enforceable rules to control, prevent and mitigate the spread...
Maine Blueberry Industry Reels From Drought, Frost, Virus September 21, 2020 By Patrick Whittle PORTLAND, Maine — A late spring frost, a devastating drought and labor troubles wrought by the coronavirus pandemic conspired to...
Forest Fires Cost Indonesia $5.2 Billion in Economic Losses December 11, 2019 By Yoga Rusmana A deadly spell of forest fires in Indonesia’s main palm oil producing regions earlier this year may have cost the...