Sports medicine test holds promise for cattle industry - AgMinute for February 23, 2015

Researchers at Idaho State University and Montana State University collaborated on a project to use a quick blood test common in sports science to evaluate the disposition of livestock. Click here for the full story

Researcher: Killing wolves can increase livestock conflicts - AgMinute for December 5, 2014

Washington State University wolf researcher Robert Wielgus has released a report that killing wolves leads to increased depredations. Click here for the full story

Idaho zebra chip trials inconclusive - AgMinute for November 14, 2014

For a second consecutive year, Idaho research to develop chemical program recommendations for zebra chip has yielded inconclusive results. 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

Wheat evaluated for cereal cyst nematode resistance - AgMinute for March 28, 2014

Researchers have evaluated wheat varieties to identify the best options for farmers in the Pacific Northwest with cereal cyst nematode infestations. Click here for the full story

Farm bill adds $135 million to pulse research - AgMinute for February 19, 2014

Funding authorized in the farm Bill adds $135 million to efforts to boost research about pulse crops and increase their use in school meal programs. Click here for the full story

Idaho truffle shuffle — AgMinute for Sept. 10, 2013

Idaho’s fledgling truffle industry is starting to show signs of promise. Five of the valuable truffles — they fetch from $400 to $1,200 a pound — were found in Paul Beckman’s orchards last year, the first truffles ever discovered in Idaho.

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EPA delays bacterial agent — AgMinute for Sept. 6, 2013

The release of a biological pesticide effective against a host of pathogens and even potato virus Y has been delayed at least a year by new EPA requirements to evaluate effects of pesticides on beehives.

Milk surveys rise again — AgMinute for Sept. 3, 2013

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will resume milk production quarterly producer surveys in the new federal fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. NASS suspended the surveys in April of this year to meet the budget reductions required by sequestration.

The Wheat State — AgMinute for Aug. 28, 2013

The Kansas State University Wheat Genetics Resource Center is improving production and disease resistance of wheat and other crops.

Stressing out new breeds — AgMinute for Aug. 23, 2013

Victor Raboy, a research geneticist with the Agricultural Research Service in Aberdeen, sees potential to breed desirable traits in crops by exposing them to stressful environments, based on a modern field of science that challenges traditional notions of genetics.

Sheep versus bears — AgMinute for May 30, 2013

Several environmental groups have filed a legal complaint claiming that USDA sheep research in Idaho disrupts the recovery of threatened grizzly bears. The environmentalists allege that the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station near Dubois, Idaho, has become a "black hole for carnivores."

Monsanto triumphant — AgMinute for May 14, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a farmer's claim that patents on biotech seed are "exhausted" once the crop is sold to a grain elevator.

Innate taters — AgMinute for May 6, 2013

Simplot Plant Sciences has introduced a new line of biotech potatoes using a patented technology that incorporates desirable traits from wild potato DNA into common commercial varieties.

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Pesticides pondered — AgMinute for May 3, 2013

An eagerly awaited report about endangered species has managed the rare feat of pleasing both environmentalists and the pesticide industry. The National Academy of Sciences report examines processes used by federal agencies to evaluate the risk that pesticides pose to protected species.

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Reports cut — AgMinute for March 21, 2013

Last week the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service announced it would suspend several of its agricultural estimates reports to meet requirements of sequestration, but unlike the Food Safety and Inspection Service, it won't be furloughing employees.

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Potato questions — AgMinute for Jan. 22, 2013

The U.S. Potato Board has authored a report seeking to explain why fresh potato sales in stores appear to be declining, though health perceptions about spuds are improving and consumers report eating them more often.

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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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