Water

Increasing demand for surface water, and greater use of ground water and recycled water for irrigation, has led to H2O with high salt concentrations being used for crops.   “Plants they do not like high salt in irrigation water or in the soil," said USDA geneticist Devinder Sandhu.  "So, thi...

There are several on-farm issues the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association is working on this legislative session in Boise.  And for Executive Director Samantha Parrott, no issue is bigger than water.   She said there were several challenges last year in the eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer, which put hundreds of thousands of acres of water in jeopardy.  While an agr...

Last week, the Idaho state Senate passed Senate Bill 1083 A, moving the legislation to the House Resources Committee to possibly be considered this week.  The legislation looks to address declining groundwater levels in several areas of the state, which has cost water users and the state tens of millions of dollars.  Senate ...

Perhaps most of us are unaware just how connected the Agriculture Department is with the federal agency associated with space exploration and travel.    “We look at the earth is like a living organism, and we need to monitor it and understand what changes are occurring, and what are the causes of those changes,” said Brad Doorn of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration .  Doorn has USDA

The Oregon Invasive Species Council recently announced the Invasive Species Education and Outreach Grant recipients.  The OISC said it received over $700,000 in requested funds from 34 qualified applications representing all regions of the state.  Propose...

Idaho is known for a variety of crops; potatoes, sugarbeets, cattle and calves just to name a few.  But more and more people who call Idaho home don’t appreciate the important role agriculture currently plays or how farming can help the state into the future.  Lance Zolling...

This idaho discovery comes shortly after a Renton, WA auquarium store also found invasive mussels in a shipment of moss balls.

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water levels indicate some of the good snowfall melted off

A proposed bill in Salem would impose a moratorium on new mega farms in Oregon.  Lawmakers are considering two amendments to either pause new licensing of all factory farms for eight years, or only the largest poultry farms for two years.  Lucy Go...