Today's Idaho Ag News
Today's Idaho Ag News
Farmers Picked for FSA Board
Today's Idaho Ag News
Obama Administration Names Appointees to USDA'sFarm Service Agency State Committee in Idaho.
Cap and Trade
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Representing farmers and ranchers from all 50 states, who grow all types of crops and livestock, means the American Farm Bureau Federation must weigh in on a multitude of issues.
Vaccine Advice
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Vaccines may be the trend of the future for food safety.
Grassland Reserve Program
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A pretty nice report on the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service office in Idaho.
BASF's Headline
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Headline is a fungicide which protects against diseases in potatoes, cereals, sugar beets, corn and dry beans. BASF says their product also produces specific plant health in crops.
Penicillin in Cattle
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Cattleman busted for using drugs...not on himself but on his livestock.
Elbow Room for Hens
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Chickens could use a little elbow room according to some organizations.
Dr. Bulgin Returns
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University of Idaho allows Dr. Marie Bulgin to return to her duties.
Food Safety A Top Priority
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Food Safety is at the top of the ag agenda for livestock producers.
Congress on Western Rangelands
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The "Congress on Western Rangelands" got together in Boise in order to bring together groups interested in the most innovative strategies to manage western working landscapes in the midst of controversy.
Agtivism Now
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Farmers and ranchers, we're increasingly under attack by more and more anti-ag groups and we have to do something...NOW!
Burley Ethanol Plant
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Vice President Paul Koehler of Pacific Ethanol reports that the plant in Burley has a court approved plan to reopen the 60-million gallon per year plant at the first of the year.
We Need Snow Pack in Idaho
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) December snow survey shows current snowpacks in Idaho are 45-80% of average but only 20-30% of their seasonal peaks which occur in early April.
Idaho Agriculture Takes a Tumble in 2009
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Idaho agriculture's projected cash receipts for 2009 dropped 17 percent to $5.4 billion from 2008, the largest single-year decline in more than 40 years.
ESPA Re-Charge for Dairymen
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More than 3,600 acre-feet of donated Snake River water intended to recharge the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer was donated to the Idaho Dairy Water and Land Trust.
New White Wheat
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Wheat producers: The University of Idaho has released two new hard white winter wheats—UICF-Grace and UI Silver—
Rural Phone Rates
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Rural telephone companies need to adjust their rates closer to the statewide average if they are to continue to receive funding.
2009-A Look Back
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American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman took a look back at some of agriculture's big stories in 2009.
Rangeland Symposium
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This Wednesday the "Congress on Western Rangelands" will bring together groups interested in the most innovative strategies to manage western working landscapes in the midst of controversy.
Chicken Protestors
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A Virginia-based poultry protection group has condemned a Community School project in which chickens were raised and later slaughtered to teach eighth-graders about the realities of food production.
Fire and Ice
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Author Michael Pollan's wrote a book "The Omnivore's Dilemma" which criticizes modern agribusiness. According to the book, agribusiness has lost touch with the natural cycles of farming.
Snow After All
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Recent snows might be giving us just the blessing that we all ask for in the winter.