CALDWELL — Canyon County residents voiced strong support for preserving their region’s agricultural operations in their responses to a survey intended to help guide a new comprehensive plan for their county.
For 21 years now, the silver Cortney Wickham memorial buckle has blessed both the giver and the receiver.
Recently released federal data show that Idaho, once again, is the top Western state when it comes to farm income on a per capita basis.
PAYETTE — Idaho Farm Bureau Federation members in the southwestern part of the state will lead an effort to try to find a solution to slow the rapid loss of farmland that is occurring in some parts of the state.
Total chickpea acres in Idaho jumped considerably this year compared with 2020. But the ongoing drought and severe heat wave could keep production close to last year’s level.
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MOSCOW — With deep, fertile soils and consistent rainfall, Latah County produces an abundant supply of several crops, including soft white wheat, garbanzo beans, peas and lentils.
CALDWELL — The adaptability required by service industry professionals since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented. However, despite the challenges, the pandemic ultimately only resulted in a small interruption in business for Canyon County’s wineries. Now, they are f…
During his visit to Idaho to learn about the importance of dams, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall met with a couple hundred farmers and ranchers along the way and reminded them that they are what makes the organization run.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A suction-dredge gold miner who operated in an Idaho river containing federally protected salmon and steelhead without required permits is facing what could be substantial fines.
Two large parcels of state-owned agricultural land in Caldwell are on the auction block Friday, and are expected to draw competitive bidding for potential residential development and sell for more than $6 million.
NAMPA — A university professor in Nampa, with the help of his engineering students, is developing a fruit harvesting robot prototype for Idaho orchardists.
BOISE — The Ada County 4-H Leader’s Association is planning a virtual auction from May 3 through May 7 to raise funds for 4-H programs and activities.
NAMPA — After a summer without rodeos and fairs last year, Treasure Valley residents can expect to see those events return to the valley this summer, with some to-be-determined COVID-19 restrictions.
BOISE — A restaurateur in downtown Boise has been “farming” worms for 16 years as a way to reduce food waste.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Laura Muñoz video-called Eduardo, her husband, every day while he was thousands of miles away in Washington state harvesting apples.
In February, anglers in the Magic and Treasure valleys will reap the benefits of the relationships between commercial trout growers in southern Idaho and Idaho Fish and Game.
BOISE — An Idaho House committee on Monday voted to introduce a new, very restrictive bill to legalize medical marijuana in Idaho, with just one “no” vote.
PARMA — With a $175,000 gift from Northwest Farm Credit Services, the University of Idaho Parma Research and Extension Center is a step closer to funding its much needed upgrade.
BOISE — The Idaho Water Resource Board reviewed the critical actions needed to move forward with a 6-foot raise of Anderson Ranch Dam in its January meeting, and in one of the necessary steps, it hired a financial consultant to help with financing the non-federal portion of the $83 million p…
Brock and Phil Obendorf can now add a sizable investment in “peace of mind” to the list of inputs when they tally production costs for their Parma hops farm.
January 6 was National Bean Day and while it may be one of the more obscure holidays, maybe it shouldn’t be given how dry beans flew off grocery shelves earlier on during the COVID-19 outbreak.
CALDWELL — With Idaho’s wine grape harvest well under way, yields are about average this year and maybe even down a bit, but quality looks great, according to vintners and vineyard owners.
CALDWELL — The Watson family of Parma is the 2020 Canyon County Farm Family of the Year, selected by the Caldwell Chamber of Commerce Agri-Business Committee. The Watsons are a fourth-generation farm family, raising onions and other produce since 1912.
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Wildlife experts have reported more than a dozen sockeye salmon returned to Redfish Lake in central Idaho after reporting a record-low number of salmon last year.
University of Idaho Extension cereals pathologist Juliet Marshall was initially pessimistic about East Idaho’s grain crops, as many fields were set back by early season frost and an extremely wet spring.
I have been working in food and farming since 2008, when we had the “luxury” of a housing downturn that eased the development pressure on farmland. Unfortunately for farmers, development accelerated as the economy recovered. A new report shows between 2001 and 2016, 11 million acres of farml…
POCATELLO — As farm-level prices for chickpeas have declined significantly the past two years, so have U.S. and Idaho chickpea acres.
FRUITLAND — Typically once each summer, harvest at Dancy Farms is a spectacle that draws a large crowd.
EMMETT — If you drive across America today, you’re more than likely to hit a farmers market along the way. There’s an increasing demand for organic foods and ethical business practices, especially in today’s ever-changing, pandemic crazed climate.
Idaho hop acres rose again in 2020, the ninth straight year that has happened.
BOISE — Josh Norris is a young farmer producing crop seeds and sugar beets in Caldwell. He said in the last eight years, he has watched two former crop fields transform into houses.
One of the Treasure Valley’s key leaders in the area of irrigation water system management is leaving his post.
BOISE — Farmers markets have been deemed essential by the state government and many Treasure Valley markets are open or expecting to open soon with social distancing measures in place.
BOISE, Idaho — Authorities have approved a plan to prevent giant rangeland wildfires in southwestern Idaho by clearing vegetation along 435 miles of roads to create fuel breaks.
GRANGEVILLE, Idaho — Toilet paper isn’t the only thing being whisked off the grocery store shelves these days.
KUNA, Idaho (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched an investigation into the accidental work death of an Idaho meat-rendering plant employee.
It’s unknown at this moment how the coronavirus outbreak will impact Idaho’s 42 farmers markets, which provide an important income source for a lot of small- and medium-sized farms around the state.
POCATELLO — Idaho dry bean farmers have suffered through a few years of woeful prices but things are starting to change.
BOISE — A bill that would have resulted in the Idaho Wine Commission’s annual budget being cut by more than a third has failed.
BOISE — Several producers from around the state were recognized Feb. 18 for the outstanding contributions they have made to Idaho’s agricultural industry.
The smell of manure still bothers Terumi Takenaga and she can’t stand the taste of mutton to this day — both lingering effects of the time she spent in Japanese-American internment camps about 80 years ago.
About 20 members of Rigby High School’s FFA chapter opted to drive tractors to school this morning in recognition of the final day of National FFA Week.
SEATTLE — Darigold, Inc. has announced plans to invest $67 million to expand production of its FIT milk line at its Boise facility this year.
NAMPA — With a state unemployment rate under 3%, more Idaho farmers are utilizing the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers program.{/span}
BOISE — The Idaho Beef Council is hosting a Beef Night on the Ice on Saturday with the Idaho Steelheads.
CALDWELL — An attempt by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to change the name of Chicken Dinner Road in Canyon County to Chicken Road has failed spectacularly.
Mountain snowpack levels throughout Idaho entered January well below normal, but irrigators can breathe a bit easier thanks to a recent turn toward wetter weather and strong reservoir carryover.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It was 2018, and after years of running a successful business in the Boise area — Same Day Electric — Patty Fletcher and her husband, Randy, wanted a change of pace.
POCATELLO — Hop production in Idaho rose for the eighth straight year in 2019, and production of the bitter beer ingredient set records again both at the state level and nationally.
POCATELLO – The impact that Idaho’s wine industry has on the state’s economy has grown substantially in recent years.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Idaho agribusiness firm is planning to compete with farm entrepreneur Frank Tiegs to buy the bankrupt NORPAC cooperative’s processing facility in Quincy, Washington.
