Capital Press editors and reporters talk about the perils and promise of the native seed industry, the rough times that Diamond Foods is in, and why demand for labor is booming in the Northwest. Read more at CapitalPress.com
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The Idaho Wheat Commission is mailing its 2012-13 winter wheat survey to growers. The commission uses the survey to identify the leading wheat varieties planted in each region of the state.
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The federal government has decided to retain anti-dumping duties on honey from China, siding with domestic producers who said imports continue to threaten their industry.
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A farmer and rancher will battle for the House speaker position during the 2013 Idaho Legislature. Farm groups aren't taking sides on the upcoming battle between the current speaker of the House, Rep. Lawerence Denney, a farmer from Midvale, and the Assistant Majority Leader, Rep. Scott Bedke, a rancher from Oakley.
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A recent USDA report suggests Pacific Northwest farms and ranches employed more workers who put in longer hours this fall than during the prior harvest season. Despite the substantial labor increases, growers in some agricultural sectors, especially apple orchards, still came up short for workers.
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Women and Hispanic farmers have filed legal challenges to the claims process the U.S. Department of Agriculture is using to resolve allegations of discrimination.
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In this podcast, editors and reporters talk about why Idaho farmers are confident about the battle for the state House leadership, the strong market for Northwest pears, and what a USDA study on the profitability of off-farm businesses means for growers.
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The Association of California Egg Farmers has filed a lawsuit in Fresno County Superior Court to overturn Proposition 2, the 2008 initiative backed by HSUS that sought to free chickens from the cramped, bare-wire cages used by many producers. The egg organization contends the law is unconstitutionally vague.
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According to the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual survey of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, prices were slightly higher than 2011, but the overall average cost of the meal as a whole still came out to $49.48 for 10 people, or less than $5 per person.
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Growers who seek profits from off-farm businesses bring in more money than those who diversify their operations with agritourism and similar ventures, according to an economic study. "Off-farm businesses generate much higher returns," said Stephen Vogel, an economist with USDA.
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2013 should be a much better year for milk prices and their bottom lines, says Peter Vitaliano, vice president of economic policy and market research for the National Milk Producers Federation. All the signs point to domestic production being flat at best next year and demand growing slightly.
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More than 30 national farm organizations have sent a letter asking Congress to extend estate tax relief originally passed under then-President George W. Bush.
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Purdue University professor emeritus Don Huber and Washington State University molecular plant science professor Michael Neff disagree on whether genetic engineering represents a peril or an opportunity for agriculture.
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An international group of scientists has released the most advanced sequencing of the barley genome to date, a development that researchers say could lead to big benefits for the barley industry.
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Increasing global nitrogen production is expected to stifle price surges for the fertilizer, potentially reversing an upward cost trend that has undermined farmer profits in recent years.
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Japan will soon be buying more U.S. beef and there are opportunities to sell live heifers to Kazakhstan, Northwest cattlemen have been told.
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A U.S Geological Survey study found no consistently detectable reductions in nutrient pollution in streams as a result of conservation practices. The study analyzed 133 large agricultural watersheds around the country and found no significant improvements in water quality resulting from common conservation practices designed to reduce soil runoff and nutrient loss. Read more at http://www.capitalpress.com/SE-stream-nutrients-110912
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The Idaho State Department of Agriculture has added all of Fremont County to a Designated Surveillance Area in eastern Idaho where livestock producers face special testing requirements to limit the spread of brucellosis.
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Don Huber, the retired Purdue University professor who sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warning about a new harmful organism linked to Roundup Ready technology, will be one of the speakers at the 2012 Tri-State Grain Growers Convention.
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The U.S. cattle supply is shrinking as a result of high feed costs and serious financial losses in the feedlot sector, the latest USDA cattle on feed report confirms.
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As the potato demand ramps up in advance of the holidays, spud growers in Washington and Idaho are coping with logistical problems on the East Coast caused by Hurricane Sandy.
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The Idaho Barley Commission has made a sizable funding commitment toward an eight-year study that should provide the first long-term analysis of how manure affects crops commonly used in southern Idaho rotations.
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In this podcast, reporters and editors discuss the loss of Williamson Act funding on California's ranches, why farmers who used the H-2A guestworker program may be on the hook for $400 million in back wages, and an editorial on congressional inaction and the importance of the farm bill.
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Biotech critics have asked a federal appeals court to resurrect a lawsuit challenging USDA permits that allowed cultivation of transgenic sugar beet seedlings.
The agency issued the permits allowing limited cultivation in 2010 after a federal judge overturned the crop's full deregulation.
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Farm industry representatives from across Idaho gathered in Julia Davis Park Oct. 30 to dedicate the first sandstone blocks laid in a $400,000 ag pavilion designed to tell the story of Idaho agriculture.
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