Tag: Agriculture

High court backs businesses challenging California labor law

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with California agriculture businesses in their challenge to a state regulation that gives unions access to...

8 ways to get the most out of the farmers market with kids

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If there's one terrific way to get kids interested in trying new foods, understanding where food comes from, and choosing produce over chips (at...

Amid pandemic, historic Indiana grain mill saw record year

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BRISTOL, Ind. — A grain mill that opened more than 180 years ago in northern Indiana saw a sales boom during the pandemic after...

Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution

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DES MOINES, Iowa — A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stopped a lawsuit aimed at reducing the flow of fertilizer and hog...

NE Indiana ice cream plant closing, eliminating 176 jobs

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DECATUR, Ind. — An ice cream producer has notified the state it will close a northeastern Indiana plant by the end of the year,...

Idaho’s ongoing drought halts some irrigation months early

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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Water managers are cutting off irrigation flows to farmers in Idaho’s Wood River basin and wildlife officials are scrambling to...

Man pleads guilty in charge linked to 2019 immigration raids

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JACKSON, Miss. — A man who worked as an employee services contractor at a Mississippi poultry processing plant pleaded guilty Monday to a federal...

Meat company JBS confirms it paid $11M ransom in cyberattack

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The world’s largest meat processing company says it paid the equivalent of $11 million to hackers who broken into its computer system late last...

Dog ejected from vehicle in Idaho crash found herding sheep

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SPOKESMAN, Wash. — A pet dog who vanished for two days after being ejected from a vehicle during a car accident has been found...

South Dakota pork plant, labor union reach 4-year agreement

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The union that had threatened a strike at a Smithfield pork processing plant in South Dakota says it has reached...