Idaho Agriculture

The latest United Nations report on climate change out earlier this month makes it clear that more carbon dioxide needs to come out of the atmosphere. One sector it says has lots of potential to hold onto carbon is agriculture, which accounts for 10% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

Dismal snowpack and precipitation this spring meant some farmers in the Wood River Valley didn’t have enough water this summer for their crops. Rachel Cohen joined Idaho Matters to talk about what farmers are saying about how this year could be a sign of things to come.

This is just about the worst drought that’s ever been recorded in the Wood River Valley, and it’s been going on for a little more than two years. Streamflow and precipitation in the Big Wood, Little Wood and Big Lost Rivers could set record lows.

Harvest season is underway across the northwest, and farmers in some areas are seeing smaller spuds and onions due to excessive heat earlier this summer.

A group of southern Idaho farmers filed a class-action antitrust complaint in March against some of the biggest seed and fertilizer companies in the…

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Since 2002, Idaho Preferred has been helping people find and use local food and agriculture products. The state department of agriculture program promotes…