Idaho

Spring wheat production is down 4.5% from last year nationwide, but Northwest farmers are keeping pace. Washington has 53% of its crop rated good to excellent, and Idaho is slightly ahead at 62%.

Idaho potato growers took 15,000 acres offline this season trying to balance supply and keep prices from falling. The Idaho Potato Commission says costs are still far above pre-COVID levels and profit is hard to come by.

Dairy farms in Idaho have long sent bull calves into the beef supply. Now those calves carry beef genetics, and feedlots say the difference in quality shows up at the end.

After a punishing dry summer, Idaho water managers approved aquifer recharge projects, expanded cloud seeding, and launched a new federal study on surface water storage, all centered on the Upper Snake River Basin.

Forty students earned a shot at national FFA office this fall, including Livvy Sturm from Oregon and Joshua Nelson from Idaho, who will face a nine-student interview panel at the national convention.

The Idaho Water Resource Board is accepting grant applications for aging irrigation infrastructure through August 7th, with individual projects eligible for up to $2 million in state funding.

Oregon's Open Fields program is coming back. A new round of federal funding could reopen up to 300,000 acres of private farmland and ranchland for public hunting across the state.

Senator Crapo introduced two bills this week — one to modernize how clean water dollars flow to Idaho, and another to help rural towns use water systems to fight wildfires.

Blood has a short shelf life and can't be stored long-term, which makes summer donations more important than most people realize — especially for O, B negative, and platelet donors.

Kendra Kaiser spent years studying watershed hydrology at Boise State before taking the helm of the University of Idaho's statewide water research institute earlier this month.