Brad Carlson, Author at capitalpress

Idaho

Retail potato sales rise in 2024

Sales in all categories combined totaled 14.4 billion pounds and $18.2 billion, according to a Potatoes USA news release and data from Circana. Prices dropped ... Read more

by Brad Carlson, Friday, January 31, 2025 10:05 am

Idaho

Boise River tree project benefits stream bank, trout

GARDEN CITY, Idaho — Arborist Zeke Willard secured a large downed tree to the Boise River’s south bank Jan. 27, a project that organizers said ... Read more

by Brad Carlson, Wednesday, January 29, 2025 9:28 am

Idaho

NRCS takes comments on Owyhee Irrigation District modernization

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will take comments through Feb. 18 on a plan to modernize Owyhee Irrigation District infrastructure in southeast Oregon. Read more

by Brad Carlson, Tuesday, January 28, 2025 5:34 pm

Idaho

Upper Snake reservoir outlook mixed

Improved snowpack and favorable runoff conditions are needed through June to ensure reservoir-supplied irrigators in the Upper Snake River Basin get full allocations. Conditions in ... Read more

by Brad Carlson, Thursday, January 23, 2025 4:08 pm

Ag Sectors

UI to ask legislature to fund viticulture specialist

Leaders of the University of Idaho agricultural extension system will ask the legislature for money to hire a Parma Research and Extension Center-based professor who ... Read more

by Brad Carlson, Thursday, January 23, 2025 7:55 am