CALS

Scoular recently announced a $500,000 donation to the University of Idaho to help fund the CAFE initiative.  When complete, CAFE, the Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, will include a 2,000-cow research dairy and 640 acre demonstration farm near Rupert.  When constru...

The University of Idaho held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for the dairy facility at the Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, better known as Idaho CAFE.  When complete, the $45 million project will be the largest research dairy in the nation, housing over 2,000 cows.  College...

Many things are looking up for the University of Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Dean Michael Parrella said enrolment is up, student retention is up and grants coming into the college are also up. He noted in a typical year, CALS records roughly $18 million in state and federal grants. In ...

Despite the challenges of the pandemic and distance learning, fall enrollment at the University of Idaho increased 5% from 2020 to 2021. In addition, enrollment at the College of Agricultural Life Sciences jumped by nearly 12%. CALS Dean Michael Parrella said that enrollment jump would be incredibly exciting under normal circumstances, but to do so during a pandemic, is even more impressive ...

Construction seems to be the name of the game when it comes to the University of Idaho's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Earlier this school year, the College opened the new Potato Germplasm Lab on the Moscow campus. Dean Michael Parrella said this facility demonstrates not only CALS dedication to the local farming community, but also how agriculture impacts Idaho’s economy and beyond

The start of the fall semester was a special one for the College of Agricultural and Life Science at the University of Idaho. After closing the campus down to in person learning in the spring of 2020, students returned to campus in late August for face-to-face learning and research ...

A variety of education programs at the University of Idaho will benefit thanks to a $2 million gift from Northwest Farm Credit Services. The funds announced Tuesday will be used for what Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences calls major research and education programs as well as scholarships and a new minority student organization. “ ...

This is Ag Week on the University of Idaho campus. And prior to the pandemic, the UI was planning on wrapping up the weeklong event with a keynote address from USDA deputy undersecretary Scott Hutchins. But, after the pandemic broke out, school officials worked to move Ag days into the virtual world ...

While many schools, including several area colleges remained on-line to start the new school year, the University of Idaho decided to return some in-person learning this fall. U of I College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Michael Parrella said roughly halfway through the fall semester, their efforts have proven to be fairly successful ...

In July, the University of Idaho’s College of Agriculture announced it was combining animal, veterinary and food sciences research, education and outreach into one department. College of Ag and Life Sciences Dean Michael Parrella said by joining eight food science faculty members and 22 animal and veterinary science faculty to establish the new Department of Animal, Veterinary and Food Sciences,