Grant boosts IWC promotion, education efforts. Ag Minute For Idaho Aug 27, 2015

The Idaho Wine Commission will use an $88,000 grant to help fund a host of marketing, promotional and educational efforts. Click here for full story.

Inslee’s trade trip to include pitches for spuds, blueberries, wine. Ag Minute for Aug 13, 2015

Potatoes, blueberries and wine to be part of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's trade trip to Japan and South Korea. Click here for full story.

Canadian official warns of possible retaliation for COOL. Ag Minute for July 20, 2015

As retaliatory tariffs loom, Canadian trade officials are urging the U.S. Senate to follow the House of Representatives' lead in voting to repeal mandatory country-of-origin labeling of meat. Click here for full story.

Idaho wine industry has $169 million impact on economy - AgMinute for January 15, 2015

A new impact study shows Idaho's wine industry brought in almost $170 million to Idaho's economy in 2013. It was also responsible for 1,226 full-time equivalent jobs. Click here for the full story

Idaho’s wine industry petitions for two new AVAs - AgMinute for December 2, 2014

Idaho's wine industry is excited about the possibility the state could have two new American Viticulture Areas this time next year. Idaho currently has one AVA, which is a federally designated wine growing region. Click here for the full story

Idaho vineyards producing large fruit loads - AgMinute for November 5, 2014

With Idaho's wine grape harvest winding down, vintners say total production this year will be well above normal. Growers in both North and South Idaho are reporting huge crop loads. Click here for the full story

Idaho Wine Month pushes sales - AgMinute June 27, 2014

Idaho wine sales increased 32 percent during Idaho Wine Month last June and industry leaders expect to see another big gain this year. Click here for the full story

Idaho seeks another AVA — AgMinute for Aug. 9, 2013

A petition to create another American Viticulture Area in Idaho has been accepted for formal review. An AVA is a specific wine grape growing region designated by the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.

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Canadian trade war — AgMinute for June 11, 2013

The Canadian government on June 7 signaled it may impose retaliatory tariffs on more than three dozen American commodities, including beef, pork, rice, corn, apples, cherries and wine, as a result of the U.S.' mandatory country-of-origin labeling law.

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Tariff talks — AgMinute for April 4, 2013

The U.S. government plans to investigate the economic effects of dropping tariffs on agricultural goods from Europe in preparation for broader trade negotiations.

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Sample tax tested — Idaho AgMinute for March 7, 2013

A bill that would exempt free food samples from the state's 6 percent use tax passed the Idaho House 68-0 and has moved to the Senate. The bill would ensure that any producer, farm group or grocery store that offers customers free samples of food doesn't have to pay the tax.

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Tip-top tipple - Idaho AgMinute for Oct. 29, 2012

The size of Idaho's 2012 winegrape crop is below normal, but winemakers say the quality of the grapes produced this year is exceptional.

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The high cost of low milk prices - Podcast for Aug. 31, 2012

In this podcast, editors and reporters talk about how the suicide of a California dairyman has galvanized the dairy industry, look back on the gains from 150 years of the land-grant university system, and discuss the particulars of a Willamette Valley farm that has managed to emerge from bankruptcy.

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Podcast: Texting allegations in a helicopter crash and a Monsanto victory over organic farmers

In this podcast, editors and reporters discuss a lawsuit that alleges text messages led to a fatal helicopter crash in Central Washington last year, Monsanto's court triumph over organic farmers, a symposium examining the role of media in agriculture, new innovations in wine packaging, and a notable figure in Idaho politics.

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Podcast: Co-op collusion, using wine waste, rising cattle prices and the fries of Five Guys

In this podcast, reporters and editors talk about some of the highlights in this week's edition of the Capital Press, including a judicial ruling that strikes at the heart of many agricultural cooperatives, new uses for wine waste, the factors pushing up cattle prices, and how a handshake led to booming business with the fast-growing chain Five Guys Burgers and Fries.

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Podcast: Boutique wines, potential pollution, California rain and a WOPR

Some of the highlights from this week's edition of the Capital Press include efforts to sell boutique wines, a lawsuit over evidence of substantial potential to pollute, never-ending biotech crop court battles, a sudden turn in California's weather, and the shifting tug-of-war over the Western Oregon Plan Revision logging guidelines.

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