AgMinute for June 25, 2012

A proposed update to the Idaho Comprehensive State Water Plan would introduce the use of milestones to gauge progress on meeting water management goals and specify strategies to implement them.

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Podcast: The milk must flow

In this podcast, editors and reporters look at dairymen’s reactions to an expected rise in milk production, hot times in California’s future and agriculture’s role in rising income in Idaho.

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AgMinute for June 22, 2012

A new program at Idaho's largest farmers' market is trying to take the local food theme to a higher level. The program will educate the Capital City Public Market's 10,000 weekly visitors on the sustainable practices of the market's 57 producers.

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AgMinute for June 21, 2012

Property tax assessments on farm ground are up throughout Idaho, making especially sharp gains in the state's southeast corner in Power and Bingham counties.

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AgMinute for June 20, 2012

U.S. potato industry officials applauded the announcement that Mexico will join the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations. That development is expected to result in Mexico opening its entire country to the shipment of fresh U.S. spuds.

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AgMinute for June 19, 2012

State agriculture officials have quarantined an Eastern Idaho dairy goat herd after two animals tested positive for Q Fever.

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AgMinute for June 18, 2012

Idaho farmers and ranchers continue to lead the state's slow economic recovery, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Idaho's farming sector was responsible for a large chunk of the state's increase in total personal income in 2011.

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Podcast: This wheat buyout is for you

In this podcast, editors and reporters talk about consolidation in the international wheat shipping industry, the latest development involving antibiotics in livestock and a new strain of wheat that may solve problems for growers.

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AgMinute for June 15, 2012

Idaho's wheat exports to Mexico exploded during the first quarter of the year, jumping 241 percent compared to the same period last year. Idaho sold $12 million worth of wheat to Mexico from January to March, up significantly from $3.5 million during the first quarter of 2011.

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AgMinute for June 14, 2012

Idaho irrigators aren't happy they will have to pay more for their power this year, but they admit it could have been a lot worse.

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AgMinute for June 13, 2012

Farm worker is the only occupation in the Boise-Nampa area that earns more than the national average.

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AgMinute for June 12, 2012

A U.S. meat trade organization's use of Twitter in Japan is geared toward persuading young consumers to trust American beef.

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AgMinute for June 11, 2012

Stripe rust has been found in wheat fields in southcentral, southwestern and northern Idaho, but University of Idaho researchers do not expect a repeat of last year's severe bout.

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Podcast: Behold the Whitehorse Ranch

In this podcast, editors and reporters discuss a historic ranch far off the beaten path, ask why Idaho dairies are having trouble getting loans, and check on legal developments involving the former CEO of the bankrupt Humboldt Dairy and Roundup Ready sugar beets.

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AgMinute for June 8, 2012

U.S. potato growers hope that this could be the year they are allowed to ship fresh spuds into all of Mexico, which would be a $120 million opportunity.

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AgMinute for June 7, 2012

The brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that feeds on a lot of high-value crops, has been discovered in Idaho for the first time.

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AgMinute for June 6, 2012

With the free-trade agreement between the United States and South Korea barely two months old, Idaho's dairy industry is looking to that Asian country as a prime market for expansion.

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AgMinute for June 5, 2012

The USDA has decided to again fully deregulate genetically engineered sugar beets that are resistant to glyphosate herbicides.

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AgMinute for June 4, 2012

A proposal to increase the national lamb checkoff fee by 40 percent has been delayed at least six months, the apparent victim of controversy surrounding similar proposals for other commodities.

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Podcast: Mind your peas and lentils

In this podcast, editors and reporters look at the need for barley research, a limited rebound for pea and lentil acreage in Idaho, and hear a Capital Press editorial on the need for road access to publicly owned land.

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AgMinute for June 1, 2012

Both University of Idaho and J.R. Simplot Co. officials say they're happy with a five-year, $1.5 million agreement that has enabled Parma Research and Extension Center to remain open.

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