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Scientists can now see the big picture on water globally — which areas are repeatedly drying and which are getting hammered by extra-strong rainstorms, thanks to new analysis of satellite data…

Census of Agriculture questionnaires will be accepted through spring even though the original deadline has passed, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service said.

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Public and private blueberry breeding programs are developing new blueberry varieties with traits intended to meet the needs of growers, processors and consumers. 

More than 100 years after a blight wiped out the majority of American chestnut trees across the U.S., officials are considering whether to allow a genetically modified version of the chestnut …

Idaho's wolf population is down from recent highs as wildlife managers work to reduce the predator's numbers, particularly where wolf-livestock conflicts are chronic or elk populations are down.

Joy Waite-Cusic and her colleagues at Oregon State University and elsewhere work in the relatively new field of produce safety. Among the subjects of her work are onions and facilities' food c…

Can cow manure power a tractor? New Holland Agriculture, a manufacturing brand owned by CNH Industrial, is setting out to prove that it's possible. The company is field testing a new tractor t…

USDA has granted conditional approval for an insect vaccine intended to protect honey bees from American Foulbrood, an aggressive bacterial disease that affects honey bee colonies across North…

As more female students study in agricultural colleges, University of Idaho Extension educator Colette DePhelps expects more women in roles as technical assistance providers.

Lining New York Canal’s urban upper reach at a faster pace makes the project bigger, so a more in-depth public review is needed. The project in central Boise aims to increase safety, reliabili…

Doug Boze, who has worked 40 years in seed certification including the last 16 for the Idaho Crop Improvement Association, will retire as its executive vice president Dec. 31. Kathy Stewart-Wi…

Pacific Northwest Pest Alert Network email subscribers can assess its effectiveness and suggest changes by completing an online survey available through Jan. 17. The alerts detail the new pres…

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NASA and partner organizations have launched an international mission to survey the Earth's surface water across oceans, lakes and rivers via a new satellite. Members of the mission team said …

Farmers could get some relief from high input costs in 2023, but economic uncertainty will continue to present new challenges, an economist says. Some costs will drop, but others will increase.

GO Seed, a producer of turf, forage and cover crops in Salem, Ore., aims to develop a variety of experimental “falcata” alfalfa native to Siberia that survives for decades.

Since coming to OSU in 2016, McDonnell has established the only university research program in North America entirely focused on helping growers manage slugs and snails without overly relying …

USDA Agricultural Research Service has released the first winter pea cultivars specifically developed to be used whole or as an ingredient in human food.

Ed Schriever, Idaho Department of Fish and Game director and state Wolf Depredation Control Board co-chairman, plans to retire in February. Schriever has worked 39 years for the department.

The Idaho Wolf Depredation Control Board at its Nov. 22 meeting voted to pay USDA Wildlife Services to conduct collaring operations this winter. Collaring aims to optimize wolf control and in …

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Experts give farmers advice on how to navigate the "Wild West" voluntary carbon credit market. They warn that farmers could get into trouble if they're not careful in the self-regulated carbon…

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences will soon expand international research, teaching and outreach under the leadership of the school's first-ever dean…

New studies show farms with natural habitats experience the most benefits from birds, while farms that remove non-crop vegetation face higher levels of crop damage and foodborne pathogens.

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