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Four generations are on the Leuthold Dairy
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (468+ words) Published 11: 00 am Friday, June 5, 2026 By Brenna Wiegand/ For the Capital Press Leuthold Dairy in Tillamook, Ore. , is in its sixth generation, with four generations on the farm today. With so many family members passionate about the dairy and its future,…...
Dorsey settling in as Idaho Farm Bureau board president
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (592+ words) Published 12: 00 pm Friday, June 5, 2026 CALDWELL, Idaho " Matt Dorsey, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation president, says he's been able to quickly interact with his peers from across the country. "I guess the surprise was how quickly you fit in, how quickly you…...
Small family dairy focuses on Guernseys
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (543+ words) Published 11: 00 am Friday, June 5, 2026 By Heather Smith Thomas/ For the Capital Press Keeley and Justin Ritter have a small dairy, Loleta Farms, just outside Coeur d'Alene, Idaho near the small town of Worley. When they decided to get a family…...
Idaho family dairy milks Brown Swiss, Holsteins
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (712+ words) Published 11: 00 am Friday, June 5, 2026 By Heather Smith Thomas/ For the Capital Press Kim and Richard Korn have a small family dairy at Terreton near Idaho Falls, Idaho. Richard grew up on a dairy near Nampa, Idaho. He and Kim met…...
Dungeness Valley Creamery " a raw milk dairy
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (558+ words) Published 11: 00 am Friday, June 5, 2026 By Heather Smith Thomas/For the Capital Press Dungeness Valley Creamery is a family-owned raw milk dairy near Sequim, Wash, operated by Sarah and Grant Levien Sarah is second generation. In 1990, when she was 10 years old,…...
Kuipers family moved dairy from Washington to Oregon
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (558+ words) Published 11: 00 am Friday, June 5, 2026 By Brenna Wiegand/ For the Capital Press After decades of dairying in Mount Vernon, Wash. , the Kuipers family relocated to Oregon's Tillamook County in 2019, selling their entire operation and purchasing a turnkey dairy " cows, equipment and…...
Celebrate Trade Gala awards honor Oregon ag leaders
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (481+ words) Published 10: 00 am Friday, June 5, 2026 Oregon's hazelnut industry, cherry producer Orchard View Farms, snack maker Calbee America and Central Oregon firm Keith Manufacturing received Global Trailblazer Awards during the Oregon Consular Corps' Celebrate Trade Gala in May. Pioneering winemaker Susan Sokol…...
Documentary spotlights Reardan FFA forever chemicals ag issues team
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (872+ words) Published 9: 30 am Friday, June 5, 2026 REARDAN, Wash. " When three Reardan FFA members first decided to address forever chemicals, or PFAS, for their ag issues competition, they didn't know how much the chemicals affected their own daily lives. In the ag issues…...
Good news for Yakima basin irrigators " it's not getting worse
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (355+ words) Published 8: 30 am Friday, June 5, 2026 The Bureau of Reclamation reaffirmed that Yakima River basin farmers with junior water-rights can expect 52% of their full allotments, a percentage that has held steady since April. The no-change prediction presented June 4 contrasts with last year....
Washington's farms are not what you think
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (305+ words) Published 7: 00 am Friday, June 5, 2026 This year's legislative session featured proposals to "modernize" agriculture through the forced creation of collective bargaining units. Many activists and legislative advocates persistently implied farmers and ranchers were backward and uneducated, going so far as to…...