Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Feds’ camelina test program falls flat

  October 1, 2011 in Business on Page A10 A federal program to boost camelina crops in Eastern Washington failed to attract any takers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture invited farmers to sign up for a test program that … 1

• Farmers pass on camelina crop test program

  September 30, 2011 in Business, Region A federal program to boost camelina crops in Eastern Washington failed to attract any takers. 3

• Washington gets $80 million for biofuels research

  September 28, 2011 in Business, Region The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding $80 million in grants to consortiums led by Washington state’s two largest universities to research the conversion of Pacific Northwest wood and forest … 46

• Washington farmers sought for camelina fuel crop

  August 24, 2011 in News, Business, Green Energy, Green Government/policy on Page A10 Eastern Washington farmers can line up over the next three weeks for a federal program that pays them to grow camelina, a seed crop that some researchers consider a potentially … 2

• Summer meals help bridge nutrition gap

  June 17, 2011 in City on Page A5 Nutrition is vital to sustain a child’s growth and learning, and for some children school is the only place where they can get a balanced meal. The summer meals program … 1

• Lack of sawmills an issue for forests

  March 25, 2011 in Idaho on Page A10 Bark beetles have ravaged hundreds of thousands of acres of Colorado’s forests, yet that state has only one large sawmill left to bid on federal timber sales. That’s a problem … 2

• Glitch at Otter’s office leaves farmers lacking aid

  October 28, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and the state’s congressional delegation have contacted federal authorities to try to get some $10 million in disaster relief money for northern Idaho farmers possibly lost … 6

• Federal grant bringing Wi-Fi to rural Inland Northwest areas

  September 15, 2010 in Business on Page A10 A $20.4 million grant announced by the federal government will make available fast wireless broadband to more than 68,000 residents in rural Stevens, Spokane and Ferry counties – areas underserved …

• Biofuel project in Spokane County wins $90,000 grant

  September 9, 2010 in Business on Page A10 A Spokane County company has been awarded a $90,000 grant to continue developing a process that converts bluegrass straw into biofuels. Farm Power, based in Rockford, will use the U.S. …

• Possibly tainted meats sold at Walmart recalled

  August 24, 2010 in Business, Nation/World Roast beef and ham that was distributed to Walmart delicatessens nationwide and sold in sandwiches has been recalled because it might be tainted with potentially harmful bacteria, the U.S. Department … 6

• USDA stops using beetles vs. invasive saltcedar

  June 21, 2010 in City, Region The federal government has declared a cease-fire in its biological war against saltcedar, a nonnative tree that has taken over riparian areas across the West.

• Feds funding habitat for sage grouse

  May 18, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay farmers and ranchers to protect 38,000 acres of sage grouse habitat in Douglas County, which has one of the nation’s last stable populations …

• WSU wins $15M grant for specialty crop research

  September 30, 2009 in City The effects of pests, drought and disease on hop and mint plants — and how those stresses influence the taste of beer and gum — will be the subject of …