Idaho

Across the Pacific Northwest, spring wheat is nearly all headed out, and most of it is rated good to excellent — but hot temperatures moving through the region have USDA forecasters keeping a close eye on quality.

Forage producers in parts of Idaho and Washington will see their federal crop insurance options expand in 2027, with new plans covering revenue loss from price declines, not just poor harvests.

Idaho's rivers, lakes, springs, and groundwater sources that supply drinking water to homes and communities could gain added protections under a new NRCS proposal program with an August 14th deadline.

The National FFA Organization took 75 high school members to Chicago last month to show them that agriculture careers stretch well past the field — think agribusiness, marketing, and management.

Washington state farmers planted 175,000 acres of canola this year, a 17 percent jump, as the U.S. set a new all-time record for canola acreage with nearly 3 million acres planted.

Hop farming in the northwest hit its peak in 2021, right when craft beer was at its most popular, and acreage has been quietly shrinking every year since.

Because Idaho counties can't collect property taxes on federal land, the U.S. government sends annual payments instead. This year, that adds up to nearly $50 million spread across 44 local governments.

A new study from Washington State University finds the Sin Nombre virus, a hantavirus that can cause a deadly respiratory illness in humans, may be far more common in Northwest rodent populations than previously thought.

With the soil finally warming up, planting season is in full swing, and the numbers are looking interesting for Northwest crops.

Idaho is off to a flying start with nearly half its sugarbeets in the ground, while the Midwest faces a soggy setback.