southern Idaho

With April 1st just around the corner, the snowpack across Idaho is looking good for this time of year.  That’s the assessment from Erin Whorton with NRCS-Idaho, who noted that the Willow/Blackfoot/Portneuf as well as the Bear River basins above 150% of normal for this time of year, and the Owyhee at 163% of typical for this time of year.  She said whil...

The University of Idaho is warning potato growers across the Pacific Northwest to be on the lookout for ring rot.  UI Extension Seed Potato Specialist Kasia Duellman said the tuber-born bacterial disease attacks crop yields, in both commercial and seed potatoes.   ...

After eight years as President of the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association, Randy Grant officially retired from his post last week.  The organization saw many changes under Grant’s leadership, including unification with the Nyssa-Nampa Growers Association who joined the organization in 2022.  Unification h...

Four students in the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences have earned $20,000 scholarships through the Chobani Scholars program.  All four of those students, who are new to CALS hail from the Magic Valley area.  The sch...

The University of Idaho's CAFE project took a big step forward this week.  On Tuesday, the Idaho Board of Land Commissioners approved the U of I’s request to purchase land central to the school’s Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment.   In Nove...

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...

April and May combined for the 4th wettest on record for Oregon.  But that doesn’t mean the region is done with drought.  Dr. Joe Casola, NOAA’s Western Regional Climate Services Director, said all of that moisture helped. “Streams had a lot of ...

The past four weeks have not been good for snowpacks across the Pacific Northwest. According to Corey Loveland with NRCS-Idaho, the snowpack across the Gem state is turning to the worst right now. He noted you can blame this downturn on two main factors ...

Southern Idaho law enforcement is very busy, after several hundred calves were reported stolen from a cattle feeding operation. According to the Cassia County Sheriff’s office, Marcos Garcia, the owner of MGM Calf Ranch near Declo, reported the calves stolen on July 1. The ...