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Seaweed instead of hay
Idaho Ag Today
Climate change is forcing producers and scientists to rethink some of our long-held assumptions about livestock nutrition.
Sorghum: The Next Big Forage?
Line on Agriculture
Due to drought conditions across the U.S., producers are increasingly looking to sorghum as a forage option. Producers are considering grazing sorghum and Sudan grasses, and potentially shifting row crop production to irrigation to recover range land
Too many elk
Idaho Ag Today
Every Idaho farmer expects to have a few big game animals feeding in their pastures from time to time. But over 1000 elk???
Low interest loans
Idaho Ag Today
Idaho farmers, ranchers encouraged to apply for low-interest
loans from the Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Read More Expensive eggs
Idaho Ag Today
Skyrocketing egg prices have reached record levels in some places, causing many consumers to wonder why.
California Cattle Industry and New Union Contract for West Coast Ports
The Agribusiness Update
California ranchers have less to sell after years
of drought forced them to shrink their herds, and the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract.
Read More California Cattle Industry and New Union Contract for West Coast Ports
The Agribusiness Update
California ranchers have less to sell after years
of drought forced them to shrink their herds, and the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract.
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Wheat Worries Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Washington Association of Wheat Growers Executive Director, Michelle Hennings addresses some of the challenges facing growers this year.
Wheat Worries Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Washington Association of Wheat Growers Executive Director, Michelle Hennings addresses some of the challenges facing growers this year.
Early Cattle Grazing and Crop Insurance Fraud
The Agribusiness Update
The yearly movement of cattle to summer grazing pastures is starting early thanks to drought conditions, and Crop insurance fraud case leads to 23 people charged and 17 others fined.
California Ranchers Hope for Rain and Biofuel Groups Call for Expansion
The Agribusiness Update
The next few weeks may be crunch time for California ranchers who hope for rain in their pastures, and biofuel groups call on President to expand access to blended biofuels.
National Pollinator Week and US-EU Drop Trade Tariffs
The Agribusiness Update
This is National Pollinator Week, and U.S. and European Union come to an agreement that will drop trade tariffs on some ag products.
Drought and Hay Prices and Aging Water Infrastructure
The Agribusiness Update
Parched grazing pastures push up prices for hay, and Farm Groups urge Congress to include aging water systems into next infrastructure legislation.
JBS Ransomeware Attack and Ag Chair Scott Warns of Biden's Estate Tax
The Agribusiness Update
JBS is hit by Russian hackers in ransomeware attack, and House Ag Chair David Scott warns of President Biden's capital gains tax would be a financial burden for farm families.
Ranchers Need Processing Capacity as Pastures Dry
California Ag Today
COVID-19 updates in cattle, food, and agricultural research.
Rain and Cold in California and Organic Fraud Protection
The Agribusiness Update
Plenty of rain for cattle to graze if California would warm up a bit, and government and private sector team up to prevent organic fraud.
Cuban Embargo and a New Pasture Clover
The Agribusiness Update
Confidence that the trade embargo will not get in the way of ag products to Cuba under Trump, and an Oregon Company comes out with new clover that's a win-win for livestock and growers.
Biological Control Agents
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Jennifer Andreas, Director of the WSU Extension Integrated Weed Control Project, gives some insight as to the types of weeds biocontrol works best with.