Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Click here for RSS feedDry pea acres in Idaho are expected to be up significantly from last year, as pea prices have reached levels not seen in 40 years. That increase in pea acres will come at the expense of lentil acres, which are expected to be down from last year. "We're seeing dry pea prices at their ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:21 AM
A University of Idaho animal scientist will lead the UI's animal and veterinary science department. Mark McGuire, who specializes in dairy cow physiology, has served as interim department head since 2012. In a press release, John Foltz, interim dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Scien ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:00 AM
The Idaho Cattle Association has scheduled time at its June 27 summer meeting in McCall for members to debate a controversial proposal to expand state trichomoniasis testing requirements into the Northern Panhandle. The ICA board came out last September in favor of making the testing requiremen ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:51 AM
BOISE -- A new Idaho law that takes effect July 1 aims to prevent people from using drones to spy on farmers and ranchers. A bill that has been signed into law by Gov. Butch Otter restricts people from using drones to spy on anyone but was crafted specifically with agriculture in mind, said its s ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:10 PM
BLACKFOOT, Idaho -- Aspiring beekeepers come from throughout Idaho and surrounding states for the annual spring demonstration and sale hosted at 2 J Honey Farms in southeast Idaho. 2 J Farms has carved a niche selling bee nucs -- or nuclear colonies -- for novices to start their own hives. Beekee ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:29 AM
BOISE -- After increasing significantly in 2012, Idaho wheat exports to Mexico dropped considerably during the first quarter of 2013. The drop was caused by very high corn prices last year that resulted in a lot of Idaho wheat being sent through feed channels, according to industry experts. ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:19 AM
CALDWELL, Idaho -- An Idaho farm coalition's initial review of a proposal to move the Canyon County Fair to a new 80-acre site in the middle of farmland indicates the move would harm the county's agricultural economy. The proposed new $40 million fair site would launch commercial and reside ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:19 AM
Dairy producers wanting the California Department of Food and Agriculture to raise minimum prices for milk going to cheese makers took a different tack in their argument at a CDFA hearing on Monday. Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross called the hearing to consider extending emergency price relief ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:10 PM
Proponents of the Dairy Security Act, included last week in farm bills passed by the House and Senate ag committees, say they are pleased the proposal remained intact. But opponents of the milk supply management portion of the bill anticipate a different outcome when the House bill is debated on ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 10:48 AM
BOISE -- A new Idaho law that takes effect July 1 will prevent people from using drones to spy on farmers and ranchers. A bill that has been signed into law by Gov. Butch Otter restricts people from using drones to spy on anyone but it was crafted specifically with agriculture in mind, said its ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 11:09 AM
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- Matt Gellings thought his prayers were answered when showers arrived a few days after he planted his hard red spring wheat. Looking back, he blames that late-April storm for causing one of the greatest early season challenges he's faced in 40 years of farming. Gellings is a ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 10:08 AM
WENDELL, Idaho (AP) -- A weekend barn fire in south-central Idaho claimed the lives of 14 calves. Wendell Fire Department Assistant Chief Crystal Houser tells The Times-News (http://bit.ly/16JDAs1 ) the fire appeared to have been caused by a controlled burn that spread to the concrete and wooden b ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 8:28 AM
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- Traffic was detoured for about two hours around southbound Interstate 15 at exit 119 Friday afternoon when a truck hauling straw tipped, according to Idaho Falls Fire Capt. Paul Radford. Radford said the truck was pulling two flatbed trailers loaded with straw and apparentl ...
Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:58 PM
BOISE, Idaho -- Recently retired Idaho Farm Service Agency Executive Director Dick Rush sees short-term relief on the horizon for his former staff members, who have been asked to do more with less, but he anticipates they'll assume new duties in the long term. In the past four years, federal cuts ...
Friday, May 17, 2013 9:46 AM
BOISE -- Many farmers in Idaho are bracing for another increase in power costs this season. Idaho Power is seeking to recover $140.4 million in unexpected power supply expenses over the past year. If the Idaho Public Utilities Commission approves the request in full, it would mean a 15.38 perc ...
Friday, May 17, 2013 10:27 AM
KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) -- State wildlife officials have confirmed that wolves killed 31 sheep on a south-central Idaho ranch over the weekend, including a ewe in the process of having triplets. Carey-area rancher John Peavey tells the Idaho Mountain Express (http://bit.ly/12gMOWE ) that the ewe, one ...
Friday, May 17, 2013 9:36 AM
MORELAND, Idaho -- J.B. Hoge worked 17 years raising potatoes on a large farm in Fort Hall, Idaho. This summer, however, he'll be cultivating the next generation of farmers and agronomists, teaching a unique, new elective science class at Snake River High School. The first-year teacher made a car ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:15 AM
A company that planned to build a biorefinery in eastern Oregon aimed at adding value to grain crops has filed for bankruptcy. Treasury Valley Renewable Resources, which is based in Idaho but planned to build the facility in Oregon's Malheur County, is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:55 AM
BOISE -- Idaho cattle industry leaders and Gov. Butch Otter applauded the Obama administration's decision to drop its appeal of a judge's ruling that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service erred when it listed a native Idaho desert flower as a threatened species. The administration asked the 9th U.S. ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:13 AM
On the eve of an Ironman triathlon, Brady Murray eats two baked potatoes, finding the carbohydrates convert to usable energy faster than pasta or any other food staples among endurance athletes. Murray also carries a couple boiled Russets for a quick boost during the biking and running portions o ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:54 AM
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) -- Canyon County Commissioners in southwest Idaho say they will not use local law resources to enforce on-water regulations that might be enacted by federal authorities on Lake Lowell at the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge. The Idaho Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/15MDEa ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:33 AM
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter signed drought emergency declarations May 14 for Fremont, Lincoln, Butte and Blaine counties, according an Idaho Department of Water Resources official. IDWR Compliance Bureau Chief Tim Luke said the initial drought declarations of the season have come earlier than last s ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:11 AM
BOISE -- The value of Idaho agricultural exports continued to increase during the first quarter of 2013 despite a reduction in dairy sales, which drove the state's record farm export totals in 2011 and 2012. Idaho ag exports totaled $238 million during the first quarter of 2013, a 5.3 percent i ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:21 AM
A crop disease spread by aphids, called barley yellow dwarf virus, is widespread in Magic Valley fall-planted wheat and barley fields ranging from Buhl to Murtaugh, University of Idaho Extension cereals pathologist Juliet Marshall says. In an alert sent to update growers about various pests, M ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:33 PM
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho's potato industry is gazing north of the U.S. border to a tiny Canadian apple breeder for a sign of how the public may embrace a genetically modified potato proposed for commercialization by the J.R. Simplot Co. Okanogan Specialty Fruits, of British Columbia, expec ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:00 AM
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Pacific Northwest hay stocks are down 19 percent from 2012, according to the Washington Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. In the Northwest region -- Washington, Oregon and Idaho -- the quantity of hay stored on farms, sold or unsold, on May 1 totaled 98 ...
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