High School senior Carson Hill is considering a career in welding, agriculture, or auto body.

Owen Wilmot made a unique rocking horse for his granddaughter 14 years ago and now has a corral of special entertainment animals.

SODA SPRINGS — The federal Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District and Caribou-Targhee National Forest released a draft environmental impact statement last week analyzing different alternatives for the proposed Dairy Syncline Mine east of Soda Springs.

Grace Bagley became aware of FFA at Rigby High School when her older sister Sierra Bagley was involved.

PRESTON — The Preston FFA Milk Quality and Products team took second place during the recent competion at the 91st National FFA Convention in Indianapolis.

MONTPELIER — Volunteers at Animals Need Help of Bear Lake, a volunteer animal rescue organization in Montpelier, say they have been trapping and rescuing Pyrenees sheepherding dogs from the mountains around the Bear Lake area for the past 15 years.

REXBURG — Gale Harding, an auctioneer and Upper Snake River Valley agriculture guru, emphasized the importance of Idaho’s agribusiness during a talk before the Rexburg Kiwanis last week.

Porter Hogge belongs to the Rigby High School FFA Chapter and is looking forward to getting more involved.

Porter Hogge belongs to the Rigby High School FFA Chapter and is looking forward to getting more involved.

RIGBY — Those driving a half-mile south past the Clark Ward Church off Idaho Highway 48 may have notice a historical marker nailed into a large Lombardi Poplar Tree. This sign marks the location of the 60-acre Brown Homestead and three 100-year-old poplar trees.

RIGBY — Four members of the Idaho Reining Horse Association took a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Beijing this past July to demonstrate various horsemanship skills and provide instruction.

POCATELLO — The federal government has suggested a tweak to J.R. Simplot Co.’s planned Smoky Canyon Mine expansion, which regulators say would reduce selenium impacts while also enabling the company to use a less robust protective cap over backfilled pits.

AMERICAN FALLS — American Falls High School ag instructor Marc Beitia is having a good year. In addition to being named Idaho’s 2019 “Teacher of the Year,” the school’s FFA chapter is headed to nationals this month as one of 10 National FFA Model of Excellence finalists.

PRESTON — Due to the recent dry conditions, cattlemen have brought their herds off the range over the past couple of weeks.

BOISE — A federally-run sheep experiment station in eastern Idaho long targeted by environmental groups will resume grazing sheep in the Centennial Mountains of Idaho and Montana next year.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story ran in Tuesday’s Post Register. It is being re-run in Farm & Ranch for our readers who may have missed it.

PRESTON — Newswander Brothers Honey expects their harvest to be down this year due the heat and dry conditions this summer, co-owner David Jeppsen said.

BLACKFOOT — When Reid Lance Rosenthal was 9 years old and growing up on the family ranch in Rist Canyon, Colo., he vowed to himself one day to write No. 1 bestselling books.

BLACKFOOT — Pieced quilts are as much of a farm tradition as raising crops and livestock.

BLACKFOOT — A popular family-oriented free attraction is back at the Eastern Idaho State Fair, the Super Science Co. gives people of all ages a chance to relax and play.

FORT HALL — One jockey, three horses and no saddles is the recipe for what has been called America’s first extreme sport: Indian relay racing.

DRIGGS — It’s summer’s finale in a way as the (too?) hot days fade into cooler evenings giving way to school days.

RIGBY — The Rigby High School FFA Chapter has been chosen as a finalist to compete for a National FFA Model of Excellence award from the National FFA Organization.

POCATELLO — The Southeast Regional Office of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game has been notified by the irrigation company managing Treasureton Reservoir near Preston that repairs on the dam are necessary.

PRESTON — A federal trapper is hunting the animals that have now killed four sheep in a Preston neighborhood.

More than100 people turned out Aug. 8 for the Teton County Farm Bureau’s Farm and Ranch Tour, an event dreamed up to connect residents to the farmers and ranchers who are using innovative tools and methods to maintain their livelihood.