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Jo Mancuso/OPBPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday slapped 25% across-the-board tariffs on imported goods from Canada and Mexico 鈥� our nation鈥檚 largest trading partner. Chinese goods entering the U.S. face an additional 10% tariff. That鈥檚 got Oregon food and agriculture leaders worried that retaliatory tariffs will hurt Oregon farmers. -
Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBPresident Donald Trump鈥檚 plan to impose sweeping tariffs on goods coming to the U.S. from Canada and Mexico may have taken a back seat, for now. But many farmers in Oregon are dependent on overseas markets, and concerned about the effects of a trade war.
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Officials with Northwest Cherries say while August was fruitful, 2022 will go down as one of the Northwest鈥檚 smallest crops in years. -
The tunnel project, which would cost billions and take decades, aims to help shore up water supplies in much of California. The new environmental impact report outlines the impacts. -
The extended heatwave in the Northwest is forcing farmers to adapt, and pray their water supply doesn鈥檛 get cut off. -
Oregon scientists say farmers can future-proof their livelihoods (and the planet) by pairing agriculture and solar power production in the same fields. They鈥檒l save water and make money, all while feeding and electrifying the world. -
The rules require access to shade, water and cool-down breaks for farmworkers and other laborers. Proponents say they are the most protective in the nation. -
The marsh is part of an innovative restoration project at Lakeside Farms. It鈥檚 a hopeful demonstration of cooperation in a region that has seen bitter fights between tribes, farmers, and wildlife advocates over who gets scarce water. -
California water regulators hosted a public forum on Wednesday to collect comments about re-adopting drought emergency regulations for Siskiyou County鈥檚 Scott and Shasta River watersheds. -
Across the Northwest, wheat is already springing up out of the ground ankle-high. But the cost of raw chemicals for farming 鈥� like fertilizer and pesticides 鈥� are up, and hard to come by these days. Part of the problems for farmers are being driven by the war in Ukraine. -
President Joe Biden鈥檚 pick to lead the nation鈥檚 worker health and safety efforts largely failed in his previous job to enforce protections for California outdoor workers exposed to toxic wildfire smoke. That鈥檚 according to an investigation by KQED and The California Newsroom. -
A lot of us hunkered down at home last Thanksgiving instead of making the usual feast. Now we鈥檙e getting together again. But with pandemic-related shipping and supply chain issues, plus this summer鈥檚 extreme heat 鈥� you鈥檝e got a recipe for sticker shock. -
California wants to limit the water that farmers can pump from depleted aquifers. To enforce those limits, regulators are turning to remote sensing satellites. -
Cargo ships are unloading containers in the U.S. and immediately shipping them out, empty, to Asia. That's frustrating American farmers and exporters who are struggling to get products overseas.
