Let the Hunt Begin & Delaying Climate Change

Let the Hunt Begin & Delaying Climate Change plus Food Forethought. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.

Climate change legislation is being delayed in the Senate - where health care reform, Ted Kennedy’s passing and other issues are slowing the climate bill schedule laid out by the leadership. American Farm Bureau Regulatory Specialist Rick Krause says the key deadline for Congress to pass a bill is a global climate change summit in December - and that becomes tougher with any delays now.

KRAUSE: So getting something done before the Copenhagen meeting has suddenly become a lot more doubtful and if you don’t make that deadline, then there’s no reason that you could not put it off until the following year.

It will continue to be a controversial issue but that has not stopped hunters from going after the once protected gray wolf in Idaho. At least two wolves were killed Tuesday. Groups opposed to the hunts in Idaho and Montana are asking U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy for an injunction to stop the hunt. They say the gray wolf population has not adequately recovered, and should remain on the endangered species list. So far nearly 11,000 wolf hunting tags have been sold in Idaho.

Now with today’s Food Forethought, here’s Lacy Gray.

It seems everything is going high tech these days, and that includes agriculture. While blogging and Facebooking are still rather foreign to some farmers, many more are jumping into these social medias and networking with both feet. In today’s climate of quickly advancing technology individuals have the opportunity to communicate with their fellow human beings like no generation before them has ever had the ability to do. Farmers and ranchers are no exception. They too are discovering the benefit of being able to have nearly immediate satisfaction by e-mailing Ag inquiries with photos or details to their local county extension agent or agronomist for identification and recommendation, no longer having to wait days or weeks.  In addition to the more traditional mediums of television and radio, farmers and ranchers can now go “on line” for news and information, and join in forums with fellow farmers and ranchers. As with all things, each individual will have to decide for themselves which of these innovative technologies best works for them and their agriculture business.

Thanks Lacy. That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Northwest Ag Information Network.