Idaho Agriculture

Chronic Wasting Disease is a fatal neurological disease affecting hoofed animals. Idaho just received its second case from a domestic elk that was not connected to the originally infected one. This concerns our hunting and agricultural economies as well as our health.

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised mass deportation of undocumented migrants and said he will deport one million people in his first year in office. How will it affect Idaho's agricultural and dairy industries that rely heavily on migrant laborers?

Experts say a temporary measure that extended the life of the farm bill last year is likely to expire at the end of this month.

University of Idaho’s McClure Center report shows economic impact of unauthorized immigrants in the Gem State

Boise’s zone (7a) didn’t change this time compared to the USDA’s last map in 2012, but a lot of Idaho did. The Treasure Valley west of Caldwell, and Kuna east to Mountain Home, for example, shifted up one five-degree zone. Hailey shifted two zones warmer.

In five years, the number of Idaho farming operations fell, but their average size got bigger.

Idaho lost nearly 150,000 acres of farmland between 2017 and 2022.

A new plant and soil health center is opening Tuesday and will help researchers study fruit growing, plant pathology and microbiology.

The county's planning and zoning commission signed off on a special use permit last fall for JK Potatoes, based in Rupert, to construct a new melon-sorting facility in Bliss in an agricultural zone.

Four crops in Idaho helped the entire agriculture industry to a year of near-record revenue, but profits were still down thanks to rising costs and the effects of higher interest rates.