Tuesday, July 31, 2012

AgMinute for July 31, 2012



Black flies, also known as buffalo gnats, are annoying to people, but they are serious pests to livestock, causing reduced weight gain and transmitting disease. But ranchers are now turning the tide.

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Monday, July 30, 2012

AgMinute for July 30, 2012



The Idaho Farm Service Agency is making it easier this year for its county offices to authorize emergency haying and grazing on acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program.

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Podcast: Courting vegan controversy



In this podcast, editors and reporters talk about a pair of vegan brouhahas, consolidation in the burgeoning biopesticide industry, and alleged jury tampering and a mistrial in a wheat theft case.

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AgMinute for July 27, 2012



Idaho agriculture is unlikely to repeat its monumental 2011 performance, when records for total cash receipts and net income were shattered. However, farmers and ag economists say 2012 should still be a pretty good year.

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

AgMinute for July 26, 2012



While most community leaders are aware of the value of agriculture in Idaho's Magic Valley, they might be surprised by the magnitude of agriculture's contribution to the region's economy.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

AgMinute for July 25, 2012



Wolves continue to take a toll on livestock, U.S. Wildlife Services officials told sheep producers at the start of the Idaho Wool Growers Association annual range tour in Twin Falls.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

AgMinute for July 24, 2012



The year's hot, dry weather has Idaho beekeepers expecting a significant reduction in honey production during 2012.

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Monday, July 23, 2012

AgMinute for July 23, 2012



The University of Idaho took its leadership team on the road this week to tour research and agricultural operations in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Act, which established the system of land-grant colleges.

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Friday, July 20, 2012

Podcast: My potato sack runneth over



In this podcast, editors and reporters discuss the 9th Circuit Court's upholding of water contracts in California, a lawsuit over gray-market Japanese tractors, and the United Potato Growers of America's reaction to a big harvest.

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AgMinute for July 20, 2012



Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has asked the USDA to include four Gem State counties on a growing list of federal natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought and heat.

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

AgMinute for July 19, 2012



A first-of-its-kind conference will bring together Idaho farmers, school foodservice directors and educators with the goal of bringing more local food to school cafeterias.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

AgMinute for July 18, 2012



A group of private landowners in Elmore County have formed Idaho's first rangeland fire protection association, setting up a response system to prevent and suppress fires on their land.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

AgMinute for July 17, 2012



The nation's widest drought in decades is spreading, with more than half of the continental United States now in some stage of drought and most of the rest enduring abnormally dry conditions. Only in the 1930s and the 1950s has a drought covered more land.

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Monday, July 16, 2012

AgMinute for July 16, 2012



Idaho farmers this season planted 13 percent fewer wheat acres than last year, as several other high-priced crops presented growers with a plethora of options.

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Friday, July 13, 2012

Podcast: Idaho burning



In this podcast, we talk about how limits on grazing may have increased the severity of wildfires in southeast Idaho, changes to USDA's biotech crop review process, and changes in demand for combines and tractors.

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AgMinute for July 13, 2012



As one of the nation's largest wildfires consumed more than 216,000 acres in southcentral Idaho, ranchers say tighter grazing restrictions in that area have helped fuel the blaze.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

AgMinute for July 12, 2012



Growers across the country have increased fall potato acreage by nearly 5 percent over last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the USDA.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

AgMinute for July 11, 2012



The planned release of a draft proposal that would limit recreational use at Lake Lowell has been delayed because of significant opposition from the public.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

AgMinute for July 10, 2012



Representatives of the largest supplier of frozen vegetables to Mexican retailers recently spent a week in Idaho meeting with potato processors to identify possible new product lines.

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Monday, July 09, 2012

AgMinute for July 9, 2012



An oilseed crushing facility under consideration could support a doubling of Idaho’s oilseed acres, increase prices for growers and lure new crops to the state, according to the businessmen investigating the idea.

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Friday, July 06, 2012

Podcast: Optimistic thoughts on health care insurance reform



In this podcast, reporter Kelsey Thalhofer examines rural reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act and reporter Matthew Weaver talks about increased pest and disease pressure on Northwest wheat crops.

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AgMinute for July 6, 2012



U.S. farm suppliers can pursue a lawsuit that accuses international fertilizer companies of fixing prices for potash, an appeals court has ruled.

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Thursday, July 05, 2012

AgMinute for July 5, 2012



Idaho's wheat and barley crops are facing a tough year due to weather conditions. High winds and a dry fall, winter and spring has stressed the crops and will adversely affect yields.

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Wednesday, July 04, 2012

AgMinute for July 4, 2012



Adult potato psyllids captured on sticky cards at the edge of a Twin Falls County commercial spud field have tentatively tested positive for the Liberibacter bacteria that causes the crop disease zebra chip.

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Tuesday, July 03, 2012

AgMinute for July 3, 2012



Unusually high numbers of aphids are being found in Washington's and Idaho's legume-producing region.

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Monday, July 02, 2012

AgMinute for July 2, 2012



Ongoing budget reductions have forced the Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission to adopt new strategies to support local conservation districts that help farmers and ranchers undertake voluntary conservation projects.

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