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Saying politics has no place at the table, President Joe Biden met with officials at the Interagency Fire Center in Boise Monday. Biden said both parties need to work together to address the obvious impacts of climate change. "It's not a democrat thing, it's not a republican thing, it's a weather thing ...

The Idaho state Department of Agriculture is conducting its annual pest survey, where thousands of traps go up looking for invasive species that could bring harm to the state’s farming community. The ISDA’s Lloyd Knight said they are looking for Japanese beetles, a few grain pests in wheat and corn, the European Shoot Moth as well as a few others. When it c ...

State officials in Idaho recently confirmed two cases of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease in two wild jackrabbits in Ada County. Idaho state Department of Agriculture veterinarian, Dr. Scott Leibsle, said RHD is extremely contagious for both wild and domestic rabbits, making it especially concerning for the agriculture community. ...

The Oregon and Idaho Departments of Agriculture are warning owners to be on the lookout for Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease. The Virus causes sudden death in rabbits and is highly contagious among rabbit populations and spreads very questions. Earlier this month, ODA received a report of a eight rabbits found dead in the Portland suburb of Milwaukie ...

It may be a slow process, but one that has many in the farming community concerned; the loss of farmland due to urban sprawl. According to the American Farmland Trust, between 2001-2016 eleven million acres of farmland was removed from production nationwide ...

In a year with so much uncertainty and so many cancelations, anything that looks like normal is celebrated. Frank Muir CEO and President of the Idaho Potato Commission said as of right now, the college football bowl season is still coming to the Gem State ...

There are several financial and document-related considerations for those who are going through or have just completed  a divorce. Andrew Bingham with University of Idaho Extension in Ada County, said it starts with a credit freeze request with reporting agencies. ...

Rural America is being reminded the importance of participating in the 2020 Census. Done every ten years to chart the growth and evolution of America’s population, the Census is used to determine representation in a variety of ways. Sea ...

What’s the expected outlook for fire season across the west this summer "We’re expecting an above normal fire season Integral factors that are beginning to line up with each other that we tend to see during the busier type seasons," said National Interagency  Fire Center meteorologist Bryan Henry. He not ...

Idaho lawmakers are looking at legislation that would regulate a hemp industry in the Gem State.  Senate Bill 1345 would lay the ground work for the Idaho State Department of Agriculture to develop a state plan for regulating industrial hemp for food fiber and more.  Re...