Author: Brad Carlson | Capital Press

Rural Life

Military aircraft activated for wildfire support

U.S. Northern Command has activated military cargo planes equipped to drop retardant as an intensifying peak wildfire season ... Read more

Grains & Row Crops

Pulse groups unite under new banner

Lentil, chickpea, dry pea and bean industry organizations unified under the new USA Pulses banner recently as part ... Read more

Livestock

Ag community shows up at Idaho Foodbank to support Beef Counts

Mike Bauscher spent part of his day at The Idaho Foodbank’s Meridian headquarters affixing labels to rounded, one-pound ... Read more

Idaho

UI-grown potato crop destined for food bank

SANDPOINT, Idaho — Debbie Love has high hopes for a potato crop planted recently on a university research ... Read more

Idaho

Water supply outlook worsens in much of Idaho

Water shortages are increasingly likely in parts of Idaho as a promising supply has dwindled quickly. Exceptionally warm, ... Read more

Idaho

Stripe rust found in eastern Idaho wheat field

University of Idaho cereals pathology and agronomy researcher Juliet Marshall on July 1 received a report of stripe ... Read more

Idaho

Idaho Power long-term resource plan reflects strong growth

Idaho Power officials expect peak demand to grow by nearly 45% over the next 20 years, with over ... Read more

Idaho

Planted potato acres this season are mostly flat

Potato acreage is down by about 9% in Washington and unchanged from year-earlier totals in Idaho, Oregon and ... Read more

Rural Life

Senate pulls public land sales from budget bill

A proposal to sell some public lands as part of the U.S. Senate’s version of a budget reconciliation ... Read more

Idaho

Late frost hits SE Idaho potato farm again

PLEASANT VALLEY, Idaho — Potato farmer Tanner Funk feared a weather-related repeat of each of the last two ... Read more

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