Twin Falls County

Homeowners, growers, dealers, and professional applicators across Idaho storing unusable or unwanted pesticides will have a safe and free opportunity to dispose of them this week.  The Idaho State Department of Agriculture will host a pair of pesticide disposal events, one Tuesday in Bonneville County, and the second taking place Wednesday in Twin Falls County.   “...

The National Wheat Yield Contest has announced the 2022 winners.  Rylee Reynolds of Idaho's Twin Falls County, set a contest yield record of 231.37 bushels an acre.  That tops the previous record of 211 bushels per acre set in 2019.  Rylee and his dad...

For the first time since May, the Idaho State Department of Agriculture has confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus in a backyard flock of chickens and ducks.  The Twin Falls County case is the first of HPAI in domestic poultry this season in the state.  While H...

In an effort to help farmers and ranchers conserve water and build drought resilience in their communities, the USDA in investing $21 million on a variety of projects across the Pacific Northwest. The effort is part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) collaboration with the Department of Interior’s (DOI) WaterSMART Initiative. According to U ...

Because of the ongoing drought, the USDA announced Tuesday that six Idaho counties have been designated primary natural disaster areas. Those counties include Caribou, Clark, Lemhi, Owyhee, Twin Falls and Valley. However, several contiguous counties are also eligible, including: Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Boise, Bonneville, Butte, Canyon, Cassia, Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, G