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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will try “previously unused tools” to protect cattle and avoid shooting wolves 

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An imperiled fish found only in Utah Lake is starting to make a recovery after 18 years.

Koby Radley made his Wrangler NFR debut last year but was unable to win a round. That is not the case this year after his 92.0-point ride topped the leaderboard in round three. 

After three rounds team ropers, Tyler Wade and Cole Davison have taken the top time twice, most recently after a 3.70-second third round.  

Only two men had ever scored a 90-point saddle bronc ride in Round 3 of the National Finals, Chase Brooks became the third to do so on Saturday night.  The Deer Lodge, Montana native edged Round 1 winner Zeke Thurston by .5 points take home $26,230 and a Round 3 win. 

Team roping header Clay Smith and heeler Jade Corkill are comfortable atop the leaderboard, and that's where they found themselves after the second round of the team roping event. 

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon is asking for a federal disaster declaration to help farmers affected by cold weather in October. Two cold spells with warm weather in between harmed sugar beet crops in northern and southeastern Wyoming. 

The 2016 and 2018 world champion is back at it in 2019.  Tyler Waguespack won the steer wrestling second round with a 3.6- second run, winning the ninth NFR round of his illustrious career. 

Jesse Wright notched his 10th career Wrangler National Finals Rodeo round win Friday night in a saddle bronc performance that only featured four 8-second rides.  

Conservation groups have purchased a 16,000 acre stretch of undeveloped Georgia coastline and plan to make it into a new wildlife management area. 

Emily Miller made the most of her first career ride at National Finals Rodeo as the Oklahoma native came out of the gate with a blistering 13.63 seconds to win Round 1.  

Shane Hanchey jumped from fifth to third in the world standings after an impressive first-round time of 7.6 seconds. 

Tyler Wade and Cole Davison rode second in but their time of 4.0 seconds tied the Round 1 team roping record and held up all night to give them the win. 

It was a night of records in the first event of the 2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.  Richmond Champion scored a Round 1 record-breaking 91.5 on his re-ride to take home first on the night and make a jump from No. 5 to No. 4 in the bareback riding world standings.

A 270 pound wild hog was captured near San Antonio after it was "terrorizing" a family and its potbelly pigs for week.  

National Corn Growers Association staff will be traveling to Washington D.C. next week to discuss new uses for corn. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trappers can keep using sodium cyanide bombs to kill coyotes and other livestock predators, the Trump administration said Thursday, rejecting calls for a ban despite repeated instances of the devices also poisoning other wildlife, pets and people.

A city in Wisconsin has made it illegal to throw snowballs, classifying them as an outlawed weapon.  

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A hemp manufacturing business in southern New Mexico will get a boost from the state Economic Development Department. The agency announced Wednesday that it has pledged to invest $400,000 in 420 Valley LLC as part of a continued effort by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration to grow the burgeoning industry. 

AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was released from a hospital Wednesday after being treated for a urinary tract infection. 

The United States Postal Service has unveiled a "Healing PTSD" stamp to raise money for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for the National Center for PTSD.  

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming court officials have sentenced a man four to eight years in prison after he spent more than $230,000 belonging to a rancher he considered family. 

A Michigan Christmas tree farm is making sure our armed forces don't go without getting any holiday cheer.  On Monday, Wahmaoff Farms Nursey had about 100 volunteers help load 465 Christmas trees to be sent to military personnel and their families and Fort Knox and Fort Hood.  

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature has given final approval to a bill that would lift a state ban on using bait to hunt deer, but it faces a veto from Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The number of Wyoming hunting and fishing licenses sold to women has seen a marked increase over the past decade, while men are buying slightly fewer licenses, state officials said. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump is celebrating American patriotism at the White House this Christmas, incorporating red and blue into the traditional holiday green, adding a timeline of American design, innovation and architecture and studding a Christmas tree with her family’s annual ornament, the American flag. 

Florida resident Christopher Montijo wanted to join the United States Army however, there was one issue, he was close to 150 pounds over the weight limit.  

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Data indicates federal subsidies distributed to Montana farmers to offset losses resulting from U.S. trade wars have increased to more than $114 million. 

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s farmers have collected more than $180 million from President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar bailout package for farmers hurt by the United States’ trade war with China. 

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking hunters to report the different types of wildlife they spotted in the woods during the rifle deer hunting season. 

Online cheese sales are up to almost half a billion dollars this year and e-commerce sales will be north of 440 million by the end of the year. Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin say research shows that cheese is in demand because it’s packed with protein and good fat. The organization encourages people to purchase Wisconsin cheese gift baskets for the holiday season. They have twelve different options on their website plus free shipping through Cyber Monday. The website is wisconsinc...

NEW YORK (AP) — The beloved balloons flew, but lower than usual, in a windy Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade after an anxious weather watch. Wind had threatened to ground the giant inflated characters. 

PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — At least 10 animals were killed in a barn fire that erupted at an Ohio wildlife park, officials said. The blaze began about 6:15 p.m. Thursday at the African Safari Wildlife Park in Port Clinton. 

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State University is getting a grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study how to make cattle ranching more sustainable. The $8.9 million grant has been awarded to NMSU’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. The work is geared toward improving the sustainability of beef production in the southwestern U.S., where environmental conditions are driving up the cost of raising cattle. The resear...

ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from a fall. 

Investigators are seeking information on a cattle rustling case in Jefferson County, Oklahoma. Special Ranger John Bradshaw of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association 

A woman born in 1915 bagged a buck her first buck on her first-ever hunt in Wisconsin.  According to NBC15, 104-year-old Florence Phillips was out with her son Bill when he pointed out the buck 30 yards away. 

NASA says that meteorites that crashed to Earth billions of years ago contains sugars, which may support the idea that asteroids lead to a possible ingredients for life.  In a press release last week, a team of international scientists from NASA called the sugars "bio-essential."  

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — The National Weather Service is urging Oregonians in the southern part of the state to stay home on Tuesday and Wednesday as conditions develop for a major storm with high winds and white-out conditions. 

DENVER (AP) — The University of Northern Colorado is closing down early as a winter storm taking aim at the northeast part of the state threatens to hamper travel during Thanksgiving week. 

One day after Dusty Lynn Thompson was found guilty of cattle theft, the Texas man was sentenced to five years of community supervision and a $5,000 fine.  

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Four people are recovering after they were shot during the opening weekend of Wisconsin’s gun deer hunt. 

NEW YORK (AP) — Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food experts say don’t — repeat don’t — wash the turkey before popping it in the oven on Thanksgiving Day. 

This year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day may be without an iconic sight Thursday, its balloons.  A storm system is expected to move through the Northeast beginning late Tuesday and extended into the day Wednesday.

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A trio of conservation groups are suing the U.S. government over its plan for the recovery of threatened bull trout. Save the Bull Trout, Friends of the Wild Swan and Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed the lawsuit against the heads of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Department of Interior in U.S. District Court in Missoula. 

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Friday told people to avoid romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, because of another food poisoning outbreak. 

CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (AP) — A trio of castaway wild cows have returned home after being found on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where they apparently washed up after swimming for miles to escape Hurricane Dorian ’s storm surge. 

ANTELOPE ISLAND, Utah (AP) — Utah state wildlife officials gathered mule deer on Antelope Island this week and flew them by helicopter to biologists studying the health of the herd.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials say chronic wasting disease has spread to Dunn County. The Department of Natural Resources said Friday that a wild deer killed during the 2019 archery season near Menomonie has tested positive for the disease.

Consumers say yes to ham this season. Demand is up across the US, as well as exports to China. That's thanks in large part to the Asian outbreak of African Swine Fever. The increase of export and national demand has pork processors running full speed ahead at 493,000 head per day, MeatingPlace reports. The all-time daily record was set in October of this year and was less than 200 head higher. As a result, American consumers will be paying a premium this year to put pork on the table.

 A dog hailed a hero for saving a South Carolina man’s life was honored this week.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — An anonymous donor has given 40,000 pounds of pet food and snacks to the Rogue Valley Humane Society. 

PUTNAM VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — Animal control officers in New York came to the aid of a deer that had a plastic Halloween bucket stuck to its snout. 

Former NFL quarterback and current ESPN analyst Tim Tebow took to social media Wednesday night to share a series of gut-wrenching pictures and photos of him saying goodbye to his dog Bronco.  

Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears to be backing off the end-of-year timeline for the passage of the USMCA.  “I’m not even sure if we came to an agreement today that it would be enough time to finish,” she said Thursday.  

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri conservation officials are seeking the public’s help to identify whoever shot and killed a female adult elk on Monday and left it to rot. The Missouri Department of Conservation said Wednesday the elk was discovered Monday on National Park Service land in Carter County. No meat or other parts of the animal were taken. 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The first time Tanya Tucker was nominated for a Grammy Award, it was 1972.

Texas man Andre McKenzie was sentenced to six years in prison earlier this month for charges of theft of cattle in three different counties. 

 Five horses have been stabbed or shot in parts of South Carolina and North Carolina over the past month, leaving some owners working with their neighbors to sleep in shifts to make sure their animals are protected.

ASCUTNEY, Vt. (AP) — The state of Vermont is postponing plans to cut down an old maple tree that once shaded a farm that was seized to make for the construction of Interstate 91. 

Dolly Parton is asking fans to do their best Dolly impression in the Jolene Challenge.  The 73-year-old singer-songwriter tweeted a video of actress Julianne Hough asking fans for their best version of 'Jolene.' 

TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has drumsticked up a plan to deal with flocks of wild turkeys that are ruffling some feathers in a Jersey Shore neighborhood. 

The National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council praised China's decision to lift the ban on U.S. Poultry. 

Garth Brooks took home the top honor at last night's CMA Awards as the Entertainer of the Year. 

A Missouri puppy was born recently went viral because of a Facebook post showcasing that he had a tail growing from his head.  

CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (AP) — A trio of castaway cows has been discovered on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where they apparently washed up after swimming for miles to escape Hurricane Dorian ’s storm surge. 

A generous donation takes the pressure off Nebraska and Wyoming landowners after a canal collapse. When the Ft. Laramie canal collapsed in July, more than 100-thousand acres of crops were left without water. In order to pay for the repairs, the district is raising irrigation assessment fees but a 131-thousand dollar donation will help offset those increases. The Art and Pat Damrow Trust donated the money. A trustee says the donors spent their life dedicated to agriculture. The ‘...

NEW YORK (AP) — The CBD craze might be leaving the war on drugs a bit dazed and confused.

A Minnesota teenager made the most of the state's deer rifle opener last weekend.  

NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (AP) — Authorities suspect animal welfare activists are behind the vandalism of several deer stands in western Wisconsin. The damaged stands have been seen in Dunn, Barron and St. Croix counties.

A 14-year-old girl snared two bucks using a single arrow on a recent hunting trip. 

Bob Norris, a Colorado rancher who appeared as the first 'Malboro Man' in the iconic commercials, has died at the age of 90.

Lewis Shaw left high school to join the Marine Corps in 1943. Now, the Oklahoma WWII veteran is finally graduating 76 years later.  

With less than 3 weeks until government funding runs out, lawmakers are accelerating efforts to pass a 2020 spending bill. But key details continue to divide Capitol Hill. RFD-TV's Marlin Bohling reports.

HARRINGTON, Maine (AP) — A Maine lobsterman hauled in an unusual catch 5 miles off the coast — a live deer. Ren Dorr says he was setting traps when he saw a young deer Monday morning. 

As a shift in fuel supplies boosts soybean demand in Brazil, growers look to expand acres in the Amazon. Traders will not buy beans sourced from specific land in the Amazon and are considering expanding the restricted area. Farmers say it is unfair and want the government to lift the ban. Some soy crushing groups warn more Amazon acres could limit sales in European markets where consumers demand more environmental accountability. According to Reuters, the president has not commented ...

Kayla Denney was awarded the 2019 National Unsung Hero Award by Petco for helping reduce a Taft, Texas animal shelter's kill rate from 100 percent to zero percent in one year.  

Pork industry leaders aren't too worried about high Chinese tariffs on U.S. pork. A new report shows the country's per capita consumption is nearly 88 pounds per person per year. The National Pork Producers Council says African Swine Fever is creating short-term import needs due to the decrease in China's domestic pig population. The food and ag organization predicts China's pork output will fall by at least 20 percent this year. Their decimated herd is part of the reason the U.S. ha...

More wet weather this weekend could mean additional harvest delays for farmers across the Ohio Valley. According to the latest USDA progress report, soggy fields pushed corn & soybean harvest behind the five-year average. A recent break in rainfall offered some relief to growers last week, but lower-than-normal temperatures kept fields from drying. Forecasters predict unfavorable weather will continue through the end of the month. Some farmers are considering paying extra for pr...

Fort Worth, TX – Nov. 7, 2019 – The three-bird roast has had its day. The newest holiday food mash-up is here and features America’s signature seasonal ingredient – pecans. Proving they are a hardworking ingredient belonging in every dish, American Pecans is making America’s wildest holiday dreams come true with the debut of the Pecan ThanksEverything Pie – a complete meal in one delicious pie! Created by sisters Emily and M...

Army Sgt. Billy J. Maxwell was just 19 when he died in the Korean War and now almost 69 years after he was officially reported missing in action on Nov. 30, 1950, he will receive a proper burial.  

Kris Kristofferson has one more award to add to his decorated career, the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.