Farm groups and pesticide makers are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its decision to ban chlorpyrifos, a chemical the agriculture industry says it still needs for crop protection.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The founder of a far-right anti-government group says a report estimating the organization’s fast growth over the past year undercounted it by half.
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BOISE — Idaho lawmakers will gather in Boise next month to consider legislation banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates by the federal government and private employers, top lawmakers in the House an…
The program supports innovation, economic opportunity, entrepreneurship diversity and inclusion.
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BOISE — A far-right group begun by anti-government activist Ammon Bundy is rapidly expanding nationwide and making inroads into Canada, according to a new report from the Institute for Researc…
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They want to determine "whether there are reasonable means for replacing the benefits" provided by the dams, "sufficient to support breaching" as part of a salmon recovery strategy for the Sna…
Involves potentially contaminated fresh red, yellow, white onions from Mexico. ProSource voluntarily recalls them.
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The odds favor a wet and cool winter in Washington and most of Idaho and Oregon, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
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BOISE (AP) — The city of Hailey is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought by an anti-mask group, arguing the group's members can't show they've actually been harmed by a local m…
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About 62% of the wetlands in the Intermountain West are flood-irrigated pastures and hay meadows in floodplains. Those wetlands are concentrated on 7% of irrigated agricultural land.
Drought and high temperatures took a toll on hay quality and production in the Northwest.
1,000 Springs Mill adds retail, e-commerce clients.
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Idaho officials on Tuesday rejected a plan to raise grazing fees on state-managed land, costing K-12 public schools more than $530,000 annually.
Reclamation, Idaho stakeholders, to explore operations-based opportunities.
Ranking 1 through 5 were milk, cattle and calves, potatoes, hay and wheat. Ranking 6-10 were sugar beets, barley, corn for grain, hops and all onions.
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Jamey Higham succeeds Frank Muir, who retired in September after 18 years of leading the commission.
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Wildlife managers in northern Idaho are warning people to be on the watch for grizzly bears after one was recently reported in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest.
Drought possible contributor.
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Grazing was suspended in 2013 following previous lawsuits by environmental groups contending the areas contain key wildlife habitat that is a corridor for grizzly bears between Yellowstone Nat…
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NOAA's Climate Prediction Center forecast that the La Nina will peak at moderate strength from November through January. The center hedged a little, estimating a 13% chance that the La Nina wi…
Crop should finish well if weather holds.
No injuries reported. Company working to re-route milk supply. Employees to be offered temporary positions at nearby facilities.
NAWG hopes to discuss its concerns with Simpson's $33.5 billion proposal, which calls for removing the dams and ending all salmon litigation.
The USDA's plan to eliminate a marketing order for south Texas onions could hurt growers in Oregon and Idaho.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little said Tuesday he wants to use federal coronavirus relief money to increase day care capacity to help alleviate the state’s worker shortage.
The food bank plans to deliver them to three south-central Idaho Boys & Girls Clubs, the Mustard Seed food pantry, and senior centers.
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The Biden administration continues to defend the Trump administration’s decision to remove wolves from the endangered species list, even as it evaluates whether hunting in Idaho and Montana ar…
The agency's hunters and trappers in some states are called upon to cull wolf packs when they attack livestock, costing ranchers thousands of dollars.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho governor on Wednesday issued an executive order repealing his political rival’s executive order from the previous day involving COVID-19 vaccine passports and man…
BOISE — The Idaho Preferred website has gotten a makeover, and the state’s farmers are helping out by telling their stories.
Upgrades eyed for HQ buildings, landscaping.
The department Aug. 31 submitted to USDA a hemp plan that includes the new statute, the proposed rule and protocols for testing, disposal and remediation.
Potatoes USA reported retail sales were down 0.4% for the Marketing Year 2021 to 15.5 billion pounds in fresh weight equivalent, even though the year-earlier period saw substantial stocking up…
Shell’s facility in Junction City, Ore., now uses cow manure and two more facilities are planned on dairies in Idaho and Kansas.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little will tour the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday with nine other Republican governors.
The projects will bolster PLC’s ability to advocate for grazing as a necessary component of conservation and land management.
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Hot, dry weather took its toll on this year's Northwest barley crop, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service reported, but Idaho managed to retain the top spot as the nation's leadin…
CORVALLIS, Ore. — After this summer's heat waves scorched Northwest hop yards, reducing yields, many growers are asking for more heat- and drought-resilient hop varieties — and researchers, re…
LA GRANDE — Bi-Mart announced Thursday, Sept. 30, that Walgreens will acquire Bi-Mart's pharmacy business, including "pharmacy patient prescription files and related pharmacy inventory of 56 B…
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Pacific Northwest winter wheat farmers were pummeled by this year's hot, dry weather, as the region's production plummeted 40% from last year to its lowest level since 1991, according to the N…
Lincoln County, Idaho, commissioners and residents are filling a gap in youth services with a newly opened youth center. Residents of the agriculture-dependent county, population 5,350, raised…
Gossner Foods, with cheese plants in Logan, Utah, and Heyburn, Idaho, submitted the winning entry in this year's Idaho Milk Processors Association Dairy Product Contest. The competition drew 1…
Executives at the three Northwest grain and wheat commissions expect lower revenue in the wake of smaller crops this year, when drought and heat shrank yields.
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Pacific Northwest winter wheat farmers were pummeled by this year’s hot, dry weather, as the region’s production plummeted 40% from last year to its lowest level since 1991, according to the N…
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BOISE (AP) — The number of sockeye salmon making it to central Idaho from the ocean this year is one of the worst returns in the last decade, with only 43 fish so far, state wildlife managers …
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Southwest and south-central growing regions got more heat, but the whole state was struggling with smoky air for a majority of summer. More will be known in mid-October about how above-normal …
High heat during much of the growing season prompted an early start to Idaho’s winegrape harvest, which is producing lower yields.
A lighter load of grasses and other fine fuels is one of several likely reasons, said Jared Jablonski, Boise district fire information officer for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
The Boise Project Board of Control for the past five years has been re-lining the New York Canal during the off season. The 41-mile canal starts in east Boise and ends at Lake Lowell between N…
Rocky Matthews has been waiting almost four months to receive compensation from the USDA Farm Service Agency. An investigation confirmed that at least 50 sheep died from eagles on his property…
House Bill 266, which he Legislature passed this year, says the board is responsible for authorizing cloud seeding and may participate in it and hire contractors.
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In the hop industry, "picking" happens immediately after field harvest but before hops are dried and baled. Picking involves removing hooks, pulling cones off binds, removing stems, sticks and…
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A federal judge in Yakima, Wash., on Wednesday blocked Tyson Fresh Meats from maneuvering in bankruptcy court to wrest the former Easterday cattle feedlot away from a competitor, Agri Beef.
Environmental groups are claiming a huge victory in a court ruling last week that vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s general pollution discharge permit for Idaho concentrated animal…
