Farming is a stressful profession. Farmers’ resilience, perseverance and ability to cope with all the challenges that mother nature, commodity prices, markets and laws and regulations bring to the table every year are things to admire. According to the latest National Agricultural ...
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon and citizen groups around Puget Sound are turning to a deceptively simple climate adaptation strategy called “assisted migration.” As the ...
Ongoing professional development in agriculture is crucial as it creates new skill sets and keeps me abreast of industry trends. The National Association of County Agricultural Agents offers multiple opportunities for enhancing my proficiency in the field, with their annual meeting being ...
If you haven’t already done so, get your feeders filled and ready. Winter finches are returning. Moderate to good flights of some species are occurring now and more are possible. Much of the boreal (northern) forest across the Canadian interior has a very poor to below average cone ...
Two men killed about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, during a “killing spree” on Montana's Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere, then sold eagle parts on a black market that has been a long-running problem for U.S. wildlife officials, a federal grand jury indictment says. The men worked with others to hunt and kill the birds, according to the indictment, and in at least one instance used a dead deer to lure in an eagle that was shot. The two defendants conspired with others who weren't named to sell eagle feathers, tails, wings and other parts for “significant ...
In my previous article, I described the Principal Riverwalk in Des Moines, Iowa, while I attended the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) annual meeting this past summer. During that walk, I had a chance to not only view the infrastructure and history along the Des ...
