AgMinute: Nov. 30, 2011

The total value of Idaho ag exports has soared this year.

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Podcast: Farmers' share of turkey, giving thanks for the harvest and the yearlong forecast

This podcast highlights some stories from this week's edition of the Capital Press. We'll take a look at farmers' share of the Thanksgiving meal, hear a selection from the Capital Press Opinion page and gain some insight about the yearlong forecast for the West Coast, and what La Niña and El Niño weather patterns mean for farmers.

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Podcast: Autonomous tractors, turkey demand and biotech brouhaha

Today's podcast highlights some of the stories from this week's edition of the Capital Press. We'll talk about autonomous tractors, high demand for fresh turkeys in California and some of the latest developments in biotech compensation and litigation.

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Podcast: Farewell Steve Appel, a solar energy fight, processing plant closures, and a Christmas tree backlash

It's the end of an era for the Washington Farm Bureau, a bid to put solar panels on farmland is heading to court, Simplot is consolidating its potato-processing facilities in Idaho, a Christmas tree checkoff has exploded in controversy and the Supreme Court is considering slaughterhouse rules.

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Podcast: Prisoners pick apples, slaughterhouse audits and stopping invasive species

The cover story for this week's edition of the Capital Press is on prison inmates recruited to pick apples near Quincy, Wash. Prisoners were bused 300 miles from Forks to pick high-value apple varieties because of the worst labor shortage in a decade, Dan Wheat reports.

Mateusz Perkowski talks about slaughterhouse audits and Grupo Bimbo's court battle for Sara Lee's baked goods division.

Tim Hearden examines a legislative push for increased efforts to stop invasive species at the border and the seasonal forecast for California.

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