AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST

Tuesday Mar 31st, 2026

No Snow

Idaho Ag Today
Most areas in Idaho received a near-normal amount of precipitation this year but much of it came in the form of rain rather than snow.

Monday Mar 23rd, 2026

Latest water update

Idaho Ag Today
Notes from Idaho Water Supply commmittee meeting

Friday Mar 13th, 2026

Real sugar

Idaho Ag Today
Idaho lawmakers have approved a measure that asks the federal government to use real sugar in school meals rather than artificial sweeteners.

Tuesday Mar 10th, 2026

Sugar beet price collapse

Idaho Ag Today
USDA announcement that the federal government will help American sugar beet farmers came as welcome news to Idaho’s 400-plus sugar beet growers.

Friday Jan 9th, 2026

Samantha Parrot

Idaho Ag Today
A profile on some prominent women in agriculture in Idaho. Samantha Parrott is the executive director of the snake River Sugar Beet Growers Association.

Tuesday Dec 2nd, 2025

Water grants

Idaho Ag Today
Idaho Water Resource Board approves 38 Aging Infrastructure Grants for $22.9 million, increases ESPA recharge goal in State Water Plan.

Thursday Nov 27th, 2025

Grim water report

Idaho Ag Today
Notes on Pacific NW Water Supply Fall meeting at Boise State University.

Thursday Nov 20th, 2025

La Nina

Idaho Ag Today
2025 water year was a mixed bag in Idaho.

Monday Nov 17th, 2025

Grim water report

Idaho Ag Today
Notes on Pacific NW Water Supply Fall meeting at Boise State University … 11/4/25

Wednesday Nov 12th, 2025

PNW Water supply

Idaho Ag Today
Notes on Pacific NW Water Supply Fall meeting at Boise State University.

Thursday Oct 23rd, 2025

Quagga wars continue

Idaho Ag Today
The Idaho Department of Agriculture treated the invasive species Quagga muscles in the fall of 2023 and 2024. Now they’re back once again.

Wednesday Oct 22nd, 2025

Sugarbeets pay the bills

Idaho Ag Today
Sugarbeets are a unique, humble crop that pays the bills for a lot of Idaho farms.

Tuesday Oct 21st, 2025

Quagga War

Idaho Ag Today
In 2023 an infestation of quagga mussels was found in the Snake River near Twin Falls.

Thursday Oct 9th, 2025

Quagga battle

Idaho Ag Today
ISDA confirmed a detection of quagga mussels in the infested area of the Snake River.

Wednesday Oct 1st, 2025

How sugar is priced

Idaho Ag Today
Samantha Parrot of the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association explains the complicated but very exact formula for how Idaho sugar beet producers get paid.

Monday Sep 29th, 2025

IWRB Busy

Idaho Ag Today
Idaho Water Resource Board approves three major projects to improve water management of the Snake River and Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer.

Friday Sep 26th, 2025

How sugar is priced

Idaho Ag Today
The complicated but very exact formula for how Idaho sugar beet producers get paid.

Friday Sep 19th, 2025

Sugar policy

Idaho Ag Today
Executive Director - Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association Samantha Parrot helps us better understand the federal sugar policy.

Tuesday Sep 16th, 2025