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Upper Klamath Basin rancher Becky Hyde stands in a pasture on her ranch in Chiloquin, Ore., on Thursday, June 13, 2013 after state watermasters told her she had to turn off irrigation. The Oregon Water Resorces has been telling rahcers like Hyde they must shut off irrigation to leave water in the Sprague River to satisfy senior water rights recognized last March for the Klamath Tribes, which are demanding the water be kept in the river to help endangered sucker fish. A judge on Friday, June 14, 2013, denied motions to halt the water shutoffs while an appeal of the water rights legal process is considered in court. (AP Photo/Herald and News, Steve Silton)

Judge won't stop Klamath irrigation shut-off

A judge on Friday denied motions to temporarily stop the state of Oregon from shutting off irrigation on ranches in the upper Klamath Basin to satisfy water rights the Klamath Tribes are using to protect fish. The Herald and News (http://bit.ly/12LQp4L ) reported that Klamath County Circuit Judge Cameron Wogan ...

  • Updated: 4:09 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2013

USDA: Modified wheat appears to be isolated

The Agriculture Department says it has no indications that genetically modified wheat found in Oregon last month has spread beyond the field in which it was found. No genetically engineered wheat has been approved for U.S. farming, and the department is investigating how the engineered wheat got in the field. ...

  • Updated: 4:05 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2013
FILE - In this May 29, 2013 file photo, hams and other memorabilia is displayed at a restaurant in Smithfield, Va. Pork producer Smithfield Foods says its net income fell nearly 63 percent in the fourth quarter as it experienced lower hog prices, higher feed costs and a decline in exports to China and Russia. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Amanda Lucier, File)

Smithfield Foods' 4Q profit falls 63 percent

Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc.'s profit sank nearly 63 percent in the fourth quarter as feed costs rose and its exports to China and Russia declined. The Smithfield, Va.-based company, whose brands include Armour, Farmland and its namesake, said Friday it earned $29.7 million, or 21 cents per share, for ...

  • Updated: 2:54 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2013

Grocers allege potato group pumped up spud prices

A battle between grocers and potato growers has been silently hitting shoppers' pocketbooks, according to a U.S. wholesaler accusing America's spud farmers of driving up prices while spying on farmers with satellites and aircraft fly-overs to enforce strict limits on how many tubers they can grow. Associated Wholesale Grocers' lawsuit ...

  • Updated: 1:38 a.m. Friday, June 14, 2013
FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2008, file photo, the Williamson River flows through the town of Chiloquin, Ore., which is home to headquarters for the Klamath Tribes and named for a former Klamath chief. The tribes have exercised newly recognized water rights on the Williamson and other rivers running through their former reservation lands, leading to irrigation shutoffs for ranches with junior water rights. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard, File)

Ranchers seek court order to stop water shutoffs

Some of the ranchers facing irrigation shutoffs in the upper Klamath Basin are asking a judge to stop state officials from enforcing newly recognized water rights held by the Klamath Tribes. Klamath County Circuit Judge Cameron Wogan has scheduled hearings Friday in Klamath Falls. State watermasters started telling ranchers Wednesday ...

  • Updated: 5:45 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 2013
A field of flowering Ranger russet potato plants is pictured near Wilder, Idaho, on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. In a lawsuit moved to Idaho federal court this week, a U.S. wholesale grocery cooperative has sued the United Potato Growers of America, alleging the group's members in 15 states are illegally fixing prices and driving up costs. (AP Photo/John Miller)

Grocers allege potato group pumped up spud prices

A battle between grocers and potato growers has been silently hitting shoppers' pocketbooks, according to a U.S. wholesaler accusing America's spud farmers of driving up prices while spying on farmers with satellites and aircraft fly-overs to enforce strict limits on how many tubers they can grow. Associated Wholesale Grocers' lawsuit ...

  • Updated: 3:51 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 2013
In this Monday, May 13, 2013 photo, Rida Ibrahim, a 62-year-old Egyptian farmer, harvest wheat on his farm, in Qalubiyah, North Cairo, Egypt. Bread is perhaps the most volatile issue amid mounting economic concerns as Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi nears the end of the first year in office. In recent months, Egypt has faced fuel shortages, water and electricity cuts and rising food prices, at a time of intense political polarization between Morsi and his Islamist supporters and the mainly secular and liberal opposition. In a country where at least 40 percent of the population of 90 million lives near or below the poverty line, millions rely on cheap bread subsidized by the government. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Egypt's wheat harvest becomes mired in politics

Early in Egypt's wheat harvest this year, President Mohammed Morsi spoke in a televised address, proclaiming the crop would be 30 percent higher than the year before and that the country is on track to go from being the world's biggest importer of wheat to being entirely self-sufficient in four ...

  • Updated: 11:39 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2013
David White, center, and Paula Moctezuma White, left, talk to their attorney Terry Rose during their hearing in civil court in Kenosha, Wis. on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. They were in court on charges they mistreated animals on their farm, leading to the animals' deaths. (AP Photo/Kenosha News, Sean Krajacic)

Wis. couple accused of starving horses in court

A couple accused of starving horses at their Pleasant Prairie farm could face dozens of new charges. David White and Paula Moctezuma-White were in court Wednesday on charges they mistreated animals on their farm, leading to the animals' deaths. The couple pleaded not guilty. They had each initially been charged ...

  • Updated: 6:47 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2013

'Pink slime' lawsuit heads back to state court

A federal judge on Wednesday moved a South Dakota beef processing company's defamation lawsuit against ABC News back to state court. Beef Products Inc. sued American Broadcasting Companies Inc. and ABC News Inc. for defamation in September over its coverage of a meat product the company calls lean, finely textured ...

  • Updated: 6:06 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2013
FILE - In this July 21, 2005 file photo, an American bison and her calf graze near Sprague River, Ore., in the upper Klamath Basin. Watermasters started notifying ranchers along the Sprague River on aWednesday, June 12, 2013, they have to stop irrigating to satisfy senior water rights of the Klamath Tribes and the federal government. (AP photo/Herald and News, Gary Thain, File)

First Klamath irrigation shutoffs begin in Oregon

With rivers in Oregon's drought-stricken upper Klamath Basin flowing far below normal levels, state water officials started telling ranchers Wednesday they must shut off irrigation to leave water for native fish held sacred by the Klamath Tribes, a federal irrigation project and wildlife refuges downstream. The shutoffs are the first ...

  • Updated: 5:21 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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