Don Jenkins

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Published 3:52 pm Friday, May 30, 2025 The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife closed a key wolf policy meeting to the public, shielding from public view discussions on how the department will respond to attacks on livestock this grazing season. The department’s Wolf Advisory Group was scheduled to meet virtually May 30 to talk about whether to recommend changes to Fish and Wildlife’s protocol for deciding when to shoot wolves to deter predations.

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Published 11:26 am Friday, May 30, 2025 The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed registering a new type of insecticide to control Varroa mites, a parasite that has plagued honey bees for decades. Massachusetts-based GreenLight Biosciences developed the active ingredient vadescana for an insecticide that interferes with Varroa mite reproduction. The USDA has described the insecticide as “paradigm-shifting technology” that could displace more toxic pesticides.

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Published 10:37 am Friday, May 30, 2025 A federal appeals court temporarily reinstated President Donald Trump’s retaliatory and reciprocal tariffs, as the Justice Department appeals a lower-court ruling that declared the tariffs illegal. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit stayed May 29 the ruling against the tariffs by the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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Published 11:47 am Thursday, May 29, 2025 The U.S. Court of International Trade struck down President Trump’s tariffs, a ruling cabinet officials warned will have catastrophic consequences to negotiations with foreign countries. The three-judge panel issued late May 28 a permanent and nationwide injunction on tariffs imposed against China, Canada and Mexico related to fentanyl trafficking and the across-the-board 10% reciprocal tariffs on all trading partners.

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Published 10:00 am Thursday, May 29, 2025 Farm groups are looking for at least one branch of the federal government to ban state laws that contradict pesticide and herbicide labels approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. Some 365 groups wrote Senate and House leaders May 28 asking Congress to pass the Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act. The measure has languished without a hearing since it was introduced two years ago by Reps. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, and Jim Costa, D-Calif.