Agriculture in the News
The links below take you to recent Utah media coverage of Utah agriculture, Farm Bureau, or farmers and ranchers. Links to the Salt Lake Tribune expire after one-month, so those stories are removed after that time.

20 ways to eat a fresh tomato (Salt Lake Tribune, 8/10/10)

Urban farms sprouting on government land (Salt Lake Tribune, 8/10/10)

Ranchers reach tentative $15 deal over Ruby Pipeline (Salt Lake Tribune, 8/09/10)

Bishop doubts Salazar is listening (Salt Lake Tribune, 8/09/10)

Feds to round up wild horses in Utah (KSL, 8/09/10)

New BLM director sees positive future for Utah land issues (Deseret News, 8/09/10).

U.S. Judge's decision overrules Utah's wolf management plan (Ogden Standard-Examiner, 8/07/10)

Library beehives examples of resurgence in beekeeping (KSL, 8/06/10)

Piute County land bill moving forward (Deseret News, 8/05/10)

BLM document reveals big change in federal land management (KSL, 8/05/10)

Wolf kills 100-pound dog in Utah (KSL, 8/04/10)

Utah County working to protect one-of-a-kind tree (KSL, 8/04/10)

Ken Salazar says local conservation approach should be blueprint for future (Deseret News, 8/04/10)

SL Co. Council: Urban farming successful (Deseret News, 8/04/10)

Officials say wolf slaughtered sheepdog (Park City Record, 8/04/10)

Box Elder fights for grazing rights (Ogden Standard-Examiner, 8/04/10).

Who's afraid of the big, bad wolves? Ranchers. (Salt Lake Tribune, 8/04/10)

Utahns give Salazar an earful on public lands (Salt Lake Tribune, 8/04/10)

Urban Farmers Prepare for New County Initative (KCPW, 8/03/10)

Renewed focus on freshness: Orem tomato farm goes back to basics (Deseret News, 8/01/10)

Sunday Edition with Bruce Lindsay: Wolves in Utah (KSL, 8/01/10)

Weed problem? Hire some goats (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/28/10)

Davis County farmer finds his market online (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/28/10)

Backyard chickens, bees cutting edge of growing local food movement (KSL, 7/28/10)

Wayward wolves (Salt Lake Tribun, 7/27/10).

Ranchers uneasy about pipeline (Ogden Standard-Examiner, 7/27/10)

Animal rights activist pleads guilty to contempt in mink case (KSL, 7/27/10)

Immigration dialogue useful, civil and inspires hope (Deseret News, 7/27/10)

Utah ag chief: Return of wolves could be a problem (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/27/10)

Wolf killed in Northeastern Utah (KCPW, 7/26/10)

Recent attacks rekindle debate over wolves' future in Utah (KSL Radio, 7/26/10)

Have a Plan for AgroSecurity (Cattle Network, 7/22/10).

Judge grills feds on pulling Utah drilling leases (KSL, 7/21/10)

Bell-Corroon debate Utah's accomplishments, failures (Cache Valley Daily, 7/20/10)

Is State Guest Worker Program Immigration Solution (KCPW, 7/20/10)

Some worry about list's effect on migrants workers (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/17/10)

Challenges to feds will continue, Utah farmers told (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/17/10)

Political Cornflakes: Corroon speaks at Utah Farm Bureau Midyear Conference (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/16/10)

Bell and Corroon agree, feds have not done enough on immigration (Cache Valley Daily, 7/16/10)

Fear growing for migrant workers (Deseret News, 7/16/10)

Utah farmers, ranchers hope for brighter future (Deseret News, 7/16/10)

Ag prices looking better, Utah farmers told (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/16/10).

Orem RC Willey hosting new farmers market (Provo Daily Herald, 7/15/10)

Farm Bureau convention coming to Logan (Cache Valley Daily, 7/13/10)

Investigators found no 'undue pressure' in BLM land plans (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/13/10)

Report disputes Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's claims of 'rushed' energy leases in Utah (Deseret News, 7/13/10)

Not 'welfare ranchers' (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/10/10)

Crews investigating haystack fire in Layton (KSL, 7/07/10)

Hay fire one of four in Layton (Ogden Standard-Examiner, 7/06/10)

Ranchers struggle to pass on way of life (Deseret News, 7/06/10).

Group hopes controlled grazing helps air (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/05/10)

Guest worker plan intriguing (Deseret News, 7/02/10)

Cowboy poets rustle up old-fashioned fun (Provo Daily Herald, 6/26/10)

Hay truck catches fire in Ephraim (KSL, 6/24/10)

Utah legislative committee ponders joint veterinarian program (Deseret News, 6/23/10).

Monday Close-up: Life down on the farm (Provo Daily Herald, 6/21/10)

USU's equine science program off to galloping start (Logal Herald-Journal, 6/20/10)

Nevada court delays pipeline, authorities instruct to look elsewhere for water (Deseret News, 6/18/10)

State, local officials discuss agriculture land preservation (Deseret News, 6/18/10)

Utah's rock star farmers (Salt Lake Tribune, 6/10/10)

HB 141 - Unfrair or a Necessary Property Protection? (Outdoor Utah, 6/10/10)

BLM wants feedback on wild horse roundups (Salt Lake Tribune, 6/05/10)

Japanese beetle almost gone from Orem (Provo Daily Herald, 6/04/10)

Agriculture, electricity work together, yet danger is there (Price Sun-Advocate, 6/01/10)

Farmer injured in propane explosion (KSL, 5/28/10)

Cedar Hill kids learn responsibility with pet cow (Provo Daily Herald, 5/28/10)

Officials studying options for Logan Canal (KSL, 5/27/10)

Wet, cold spring is taking a toll on the state's fruit crops (Deseret News, 5/25/10).

Thirsty farmers in Sanpete County may get dam soon (Salt Lake Tribune, 5/25/10)

Invasive quagga mussel found in Utah reservoir (KSL, 5/23/10)

M. Kim Frei Obituary (St. George Spectrum, 5/18/10)

Smaller, better Northwest cherry crop expected (KSL, 5/20/10)

Prairie dogs damage private development as habitat disappears (Deseret News, 5/20/10)

Chaffetz Wants Govt. to Sell Off Excess Public Lands (KCPW, 5/19/10)

Illnesses linked to raw milk (Salt Lake Tribune, 5/19/10)

Wheeler Farm: 'Historic treasure' gets a face lift (Salt Lake Tribune, 5/19/10).

New Utah BLM director picked (Salt Lake Tribune, 5/18/10)

Matheson hears cheers, jeers on Wasatch wilderness bill (Salt Lake Tribune, 5/18/10)

BLM bars vehicles in burned western Utah area (Salt Lake Tribune, 5/18/10)

Avoiding the heat: e-verify (Salt Lake Tribune, 5/18/10)

Utah BLM director stepping down (Deseret News, 5/17/10). 

Study claims link between pesticide and ADHD (KSL, 5/17/10)

Raw milk was behind salmonella outbreak, now showing no bacteria (Provo Daily Herald, 5/16/10)

Task force formed to discuss water access on private lands (Provo Daily Herald, 5/16/10)

Old Day Dairy Barn gets new home in Draper (KSL, 4/29/10)

A new approach to the Great Salt Lake (Salt Lake Tribune, 5/15/10)

Several Utahns sickened by unpasteurized milk (KSL, 5/14/10)

Bison released into the Book Cliffs at last (Salt Lake Tribune, 5/13/10)

DWR angling to straighten out anglers on new law (KSL, 5/11/10)

Farm field days teaching kids about life on a farm (KSL, 5/05/10)

Kane takes its road fight to court -- again (Salt Lake Tribune, 5/05/10).

College of Agriculture breaks ground on new building (Logan Herald Journal, 5/05/10)

Every Day is Earth Day for Utah's Farmers and Ranchers (Emery County Progress, 5/04/10)

Will sage grouse and wind farms mix? Researchers to find out (Salt Lake Tribune, 5/04/10)

From tragedy to triumph (Provo Daily Herald, 5/03/10)

More than 1,600 protest over plan to tap Snake Valley aquifer (Deseret News, 5/03/10). 

Going with the flow? Canal project still needs buy-in on several fronts (Logan Herald Journal, 5/02/10)

Local agriculture demographics changing as farmland dwindles (Ogden Standard-Examiner, 5/01/10)

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