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By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business About 2.5 billion metric tons of food is wasted around the world each year, roughly half of which is lost on farms…
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Business About 2.5 billion metric tons of food is wasted around the world each year, roughly half of which is lost on farms…
Continue ReadingGrazing fees for cattle and sheep on state-owned land in Idaho could rise about 50%.…
Continue ReadingIn places where those temperatures are hotter to begin with, the heat may have more of an impact than places like east…
Continue ReadingIdaho farmers could soon pay a new rate for grazing for the first time since…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police said a hay swather travelling on U.S. 26 was hit from behind by a pickup.…
Continue ReadingIn an effort to conserve water, the City of Rigby is implementing a watering…
Continue ReadingNational farm industry leaders are planning to visit Idaho to learn more about…
Continue ReadingA sulfur fire was quickly doused at the Simplot facility in St. Anthony Monday morning.…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s agriculture and mining industries are protecting themselves against the…
Continue ReadingA unique garden where all the work is meant to teach and all the food is meant to feed the community in…
Continue ReadingA Senate panel has approved legislation that’s the product of more than 400,000 cows and some 50 million pounds a day of cow manure.…
Continue Reading2020 was a record year for potato sales, according to Potatoes USA, the national potato marketing organization.…
Continue ReadingFarmers and ag experts usually gather in Pocatello every January to learn about the latest products and research in the ag industry.…
Continue ReadingMore consumers are buying potatoes than they have in the last five years.…
Continue ReadingU.S. officials have released a new plan involving methods to deal with a microscopic pest in southeastern Idaho that threatens the state’s…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Potato market experienced an unusual year. All told, Potatoes USA says there was a 5% decline in the utilization of potatoes grown in the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Farm Bureau will push to enable direct sale of meat from the ranch to consumers.…
Continue ReadingPotato markets continue to post record sales from July through September, posting the highest sales levels in five years. …
Continue ReadingFarmers are hoping this year’s potato harvest will be better than last year.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State Department of Agriculture is warning people who get unsolicated package of seeds in the mail from China to not open…
Continue ReadingThe Bonneville County Fair will serve as one of the first opportunities the public has had to see the new fairgrounds in Idaho Falls. The event may…
Continue ReadingThe facility is expected to help the local ag industry reach across the nation and into other…
Continue ReadingPotato farmers are limited in their defense against Monday night’s forecasted cold…
Continue ReadingCommunity Supported Agriculture, or CSAs, are gaining popularity across the country. And they’re saving…
Continue ReadingIt’s the Idaho way to give back to the community.…
Continue ReadingWith students completing school work remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, officials say more youths are filling their days by doing farm labor…
Continue ReadingRIGBY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- What’s old is new again at two Eastern Idaho dairy farms. At Reed’s Dairy, the classic milkman is appearing on more…
Continue ReadingPeople nationally and locally are buying more hens in order to prepare for a potential egg shortage (there isn’t…
Continue ReadingThree Idaho water basins could face shortages this spring, but the upper Snake supply is near record…
Continue ReadingAs the temperatures rise, so does the risk for potential…
Continue ReadingThe Eastern Idaho Agricultural Hall of Fame will induct several new industry leaders during its 48th annual induction ceremony March…
Continue ReadingIt was “drive your tractor” to school day at Rigby High School Friday. …
Continue ReadingA recent audit by the Idaho State Tax Commission revealed several irregularities in agricultural assessments of Bannock County properties. …
Continue ReadingA federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit filed by an environmental law firm challenging the government’s management of bison from Yellowstone…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Water Resource Board reported Wednesday it is on target to meet its goal of recharging 600,000 acre-feet of water per year into the Eastern…
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, Gov. Brad Little put forth an Executive Order that will allow hemp to be transported through Idaho legally, with a number of…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Water Resource Board is reviewing several potential sites to locate a large recharge basin in the upper Eastern Snake Plain…
Continue ReadingIdaho is getting a late start on winter, despite a cool and wet September.…
Continue ReadingClen Atchley and his family have been farming for 49 years. He says this year, in particular, has been one big challenge. “This has been a…
Continue ReadingAn early deep freeze has Idaho potato and onion farmers rushing to harvest crops or hoping the buried vegetables will survive the frozen nights this…
Continue ReadingYear-round, potato growers work hard to ensure fresh, high quality, potatoes for their consumers. Kasia Duellman is a Seed Potato Specialist of the…
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