Idaho Agriculture

Whether you are a home gardener or a professional farmer, one Idaho co-op is hosting Seed Schools to give you hands-on experience in seed production.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump maintained 10% tariff raises for most trading partners, while announcing China would face 125% increases. It’s unclear yet how those will affect Idaho’s agriculture, one of the state’s largest exporting industries.

Immigration lawyers and the CEO of the Idaho Dairymen's Association talk about Idaho will be affected by changes in Federal immigration policy.

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.