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Judge pauses Snake River salmon litigation

Stay will give parties time to test $1B restoration plan

02/09/24 8:48 AM By Noah Wicks

A longstanding court case over salmon declines in the Columbia and Snake rivers will see a five-to-ten-year pause after a federal judge agreed to give the Biden Administration, four Northwestern tribes, an assortment of environmental groups and the states of Washington and Oregon additional time to test out a $1 billion agreement intended to resolve the dispute.

Leaked mediation document provides insight into possible federal actions on Snake River dams

12/06/23 6:18 AM By Noah Wicks

A slate of actions aimed at preparing the Pacific Northwest for a scenario in which four dams on the Lower Snake River are breached appears to be under consideration as the Biden Administration looks to resolve a 22-year-long legal dispute over declining salmon populations, according to a draft settlement document circulated by four House lawmakers.

Snake River dam breaching debate divides Northwest

04/13/22 6:26 AM By Noah Wicks

Legislators and citizens in the Pacific Northwest are engulfed in a debate over whether or not to breach four dams on the Snake River to restore dwindling salmon populations.

NRCS funding will help protect salmon in the Shasta River

09/29/21 7:00 AM By Amy Mayer

A private-lands project that aims to improve conditions for threatened coho salmon in California is getting an $8 million boost from the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

JBS expands to aquaculture with $313M acquisition

08/11/21 6:09 AM By Annie Deckey

JBS, the largest meat producer in the world, is venturing into seafood with the purchase of Huon Aquaculture, an Australian salmon farming company, for $313 million.

AquaBounty announces $200M facility in Ohio for genetically engineered salmon

08/04/21 9:49 AM By Noah Wicks

Land-based aquaculture company AquaBounty says it is planning to build a $200 million genetically engineered salmon farm in Pioneer, Ohio.

Comments sought on four pesticides

02/24/21 8:55 AM By Sara Wyant

The draft biological opinions evaluate the impact of these pesticides on 26 federally listed endangered and threatened species of Pacific salmon and steelhead in Washington, Oregon, and California.

Agreement adds $1.5 billion in ag disaster aid, extends biodiesel credit

12/16/19 5:05 PM By Philip Brasher

A congressional agreement to fund the government for fiscal 2020 includes an additional $1.5 billion in disaster relief for farmers and would revive the biodiesel tax credit and extend it through 2022.

Congressional negotiators face decisions on FY20 spending, policy

11/13/19 6:50 AM By Philip Brasher

House and Senate negotiators will have to sort through some sharply different priorities and spending targets for USDA and other departments and agencies important to agriculture.

How farmers, fish and waterfowl can win in the Sacramento Valley

03/27/19 9:59 AM By Jonathan H. Harsch

With 95 percent of California’s Central Valley wetlands lost over the last century to urbanization and highly productive agriculture, researchers warn that the area’s once prolific native salmon could disappear within 50 years.

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 15, 2024: Election results analysis from NAFB Convention

It’s official: Republicans have won control of the House as well as the Senate and White House.

Biofuel policy, the farm bill and trade could see changes under the new administration and Congress. We asked Torrey Advisory Group President Michael Torrey, NPPC CEO Bryan Humphreys, American Sugarbeet Growers Assn. CEO Luther Markwart and ACE CEO Brian Jennings about their outlook from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting annual meeting.

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