Appropriations rider aims to save sheep research station. Ag minute for July 13, 2015

A recent vote in a U.S. House subcommittee bodes well for the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho. Click here for full story.

Idaho farmers and Ag industry leaders will soon meet finalists - AgMinute for April 7, 2015

Idaho farmers and Ag industry leaders will soon have a chance to meet the finalists for the dean position at the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. For more information visit www.capitalpress.com

UI, Simplot renew Parma research station agreement - AgMinute for December 15, 2014

J.R. Simplot Co. and University of Idaho have renewed an agreement that has helped the university's Parma research and extension station in Southwestern Idaho remain open. Under the agreement, Simplot provides the Parma station $330,000 a year. Click here for the full story

New UI agronomist eyes water use - AgMinute for December 9, 2014

University of Idaho has a new agronomist with expertise in water-use efficiency at its Aberdeen Research and Extension Center. Click here for the full story

Grant supports alternative fruit research in Idaho - AgMinute for October 3, 2014

A $103,000 specialty crop grant will allow researchers at University of Idaho's Parma experiment station to continue trials aimed at helping growers produce alternative fruit and nut crops. Click here for the full story

UI center adds pasture research facility - AgMinute for August 14, 2014

University of Idaho's newest research center, located near Salmon, is opening a new facility to test supplement intake of groups of livestock in a pasture setting. Click here for the full story

Center for Applied Food Safety & Processing established - AgMinute for August 13, 2014

The joint School of Food Science at Washington State University and University of Idaho is teaming up with Seoul National University in Korea to create a Center for Applied Food Safety and Processing. Interim director Barbara Rasco says the center will provide technical support for trade in food science. Click here for the full story

University of Idaho adding molecular wheat geneticist - AgMinute for June 26, 2014

The University of Idaho is adding a wheat molecular geneticist with financial support from the Idaho Wheat Commission. The university and commission have also renewed their three-year agreement to support wheat research. Click here for the full story

$1 million endowment approved for bean research - AgMinute for November 25, 2013

BOISE — Idaho Bean Commission members have voted to create a $1 million endowment that will fund a bean research program at the University of Idaho. Click here for the full story

Online sustainable Small Farming/Ranching course fills fast - AgMinute for November 12, 2013

University of Idaho officials encourage new small farmers and ranchers to sign up early for an online course offered in January. Click here for the full story

The vegetable whisperer — AgMinute for Aug. 12, 2013

Vegetable growers mystified by something going wrong with their crops can take the first step toward solving the problem by consulting a website managed by scientists at the Northwest's three land-grant universities.

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Restoring history — AgMinute for May 13, 2013

The University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Science recently unveiled its restored John Deere Model AW tractor, as part of a celebration of the history of agriculture.

Barley fee — Idaho AgMinute for Jan. 28, 2013

The Idaho Barley Commission is considering creating a $1 million research endowment with the University of Idaho, a move that could result in the state checkoff fee for Idaho's 1,500 barley producers increasing 1 cent per hundredweight.

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Shaking off subsidies — AgMinute for Jan. 18, 2013

Idaho farmers became much less reliant on government payments last year and earned a larger share of their income from the marketplace.

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Cash for ag — AgMinute for Jan. 10, 2013

Gov. Butch Otter's proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 includes an additional $1 million for agricultural research and extension services and a small increase in general fund dollars for the Idaho State Department of Agriculture.

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Leaders weighed — Idaho AgMinute for Dec. 20, 2012

The University of Idaho has named two finalists from its own ranks for the position of interim dean for its College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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Ring rot test — Idaho AgMinute for Dec. 18, 2012

Following a season in which bacterial ring rot resurfaced in Idaho's potato crop, a University of Idaho researcher hopes to establish the first in-state facility to test growers' samples for the disease.

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University changes — Idaho AgMinute for Dec. 11, 2012

The dean of University of Idaho's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, John Hammel, plans to leave his position after this month to return to full-time teaching and research.

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Manure mavens - Idaho AgMinute for Nov. 5, 2012

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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