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
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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
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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.
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The University of Idaho has selected the next four Chobani Scholars. The four high school graduates are enrolled in the U of I’s College of Ag and Life Sciences, and will pursue a four-year degree focused on the dairy industry. Each student will receive $20,000 each from Chobani to support their efforts.
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Lawmakers in Idaho are looking at legislation that would remove sale tax on custom meat processing in specific cases. Reporter Riley Haun said the legislation, House Bill 496, would exempt meat processing from sale tax when the carcass is for their own personal consumption
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A southern Idaho lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow for year-round wolf hunting. The legislation introduced last week by Senator Bert Brackett would create 11 big game hunting units, primarily located south of the Snake River, as “wolf-free zones,” allowing hunters and trappers to take wolves any time of the year. The bill would...