Farmers in the nation's main onion-growing region planted about 10 percent fewer onion acres this year, as low prices last year tempted many growers to turn more to other higher-priced crops. But industry leaders hope higher prices this year will result in onion acres in Idaho and Washington's Malheur County.
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Idaho's rapid increase in corn acres continued this year as Gem State farmers planted a record amount. According to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 380,000 acres of corn were planted in Idaho in 2012, which, if realized, would be 30,000 more than the previous record set last year.
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Sugar beet growers should reap a slight benefit from high cattle feed prices, according to officials with Amalgamated Sugar. Amalgamated sells the byproduct of sugar production for feed — either as a pressed, wet pulp for local use or a dried product that's shipped as far away as the Pacific Rim.
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a dispute between a soybean farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman and Monsanto Co. over the company's efforts to limit farmers' use of its patented, genetically engineered Roundup Ready seeds.
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A new private aquifer recharge program could lead to the first new irrigation development within the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer since the state issued a moratorium on expanding water rights in 1992.
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In this podcast, editors and reporters take a look at how agriculture figures into the presidential election, Monsanto’s latest foray into genetically engineered wheat, and lawsuits taking aim at the pork and beef checkoffs.
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