Twin Falls

On Thursday, Representative Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of $3 million in funding for the University of Idaho's CAFE project near Rupert.

Last week, Chobani announced the purchase of plant-based food maker Daily Harvest.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.   Founded in 2015, Daily Harvest became one of the first companies shipping clean, nutritious food directly to customers.  Over that ti...

Last week, Chobani announced a 500,000 square foot expansion of its Twin Falls, ID plant, which company officials say will increase production by 50%.   “It is for a new innovation in the protein area, which we're extremely excited about. It is an ...

Idaho Fish & Game is warning Twin Falls residents to be alert!

January will be a busy month for dairy producers across the state, as the Idaho Dairymen’s Association will host a series of district meetings.  The meetings kick of Tuesday January 10th in Boise, then continue January 26th in Declo.  The IDA will ...

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...

USDA Rural Development announced Friday the investment of $16.5 million to help the rural Idaho economy. The funds will be used to help business owners, farmers and others hire more workers, to grow business and expand markets. “For a while until now, rural Idaho hasn’t always been at the front of the line when it comes to receiving the help it needs to grow economically and to create good paying

Earlier this week, the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences announced the selection of its latest class of Chobani Scholars. The four high school graduates will each receive $20,000 from Chobani to support their four-year degree ...

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 ...

Congratulations to Colfax-based McGregor Company, recently honored with the ResponsibleAg certification. The certification recognizes specifically McGregor’s retail branches Clarkston and Garfield, in Washington, and Lewiston and Twin Falls in Idaho. Th ...