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Idaho Dairy District Meetings Set To Get Underway
Idaho Dairy District Meetings Set To Get Underway
Idaho Dairy District Meetings Set To Get Underway
January will be a busy month for dairy producers across the state, as the Idaho Dairymen’s Association will host a series of district meetings.  The meetings kick of Tuesday January 10th in Boise, then continue January 26th in Declo.  The IDA will ...
Scoular Donates $500K To UI's CAFE
Scoular Donates $500K To UI's CAFE
Scoular Donates $500K To UI's CAFE
Scoular recently announced a $500,000 donation to the University of Idaho to help fund the CAFE initiative.  When complete, CAFE, the Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, will include a 2,000-cow research dairy and 640 acre demonstration farm near Rupert.  When constru...
RD Announces $16.5M To Help Rural Idaho
RD Announces $16.5M To Help Rural Idaho
RD Announces $16.5M To Help Rural Idaho
USDA Rural Development announced Friday the investment of $16.5 million to help the rural Idaho economy. The funds will be used to help business owners, farmers and others hire more workers, to grow business and expand markets. “For a while until now, rural Idaho hasn’t always been at the front of the line when it comes to receiving the help it needs to grow economically and to create good paying
Idaho Ag Looking At Address Land Lost To Urban Sprawl
Idaho Ag Looking At Address Land Lost To Urban Sprawl
Idaho Ag Looking At Address Land Lost To Urban Sprawl
It may be a slow process, but one that has many in the farming community concerned; the loss of farmland due to urban sprawl. According to the American Farmland Trust, between 2001-2016 eleven million acres of farmland was removed from production nationwide ...
Future UI Students Receive $80K in Chobani Scholarships
Future UI Students Receive $80K in Chobani Scholarships
Future UI Students Receive $80K in Chobani Scholarships
The University of Idaho has selected the next four Chobani Scholars. The four high school graduates are enrolled in the U of I’s College of Ag and Life Sciences, and will pursue a four-year degree focused on the dairy industry. Each student will receive $20,000 each from Chobani to support their efforts. Ch ...
Idaho Lawmakers Looking At Allowing Year-Round Wolf Hunting
Idaho Lawmakers Looking At Allowing Year-Round Wolf Hunting
Idaho Lawmakers Looking At Allowing Year-Round Wolf Hunting
A southern Idaho lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow for year-round wolf hunting.  The legislation introduced last week by Senator Bert Brackett would create 11 big game hunting units, primarily located south of the Snake River, as “wolf-free zones,” allowing hunters and trappers to take wolves any time of the year.  The bill would...
Idaho Cattle Feeder Elected USMEF Chair
Idaho Cattle Feeder Elected USMEF Chair
Idaho Cattle Feeder Elected USMEF Chair
On Friday, the U.S. Meat Export Federation selected a new chairman, Cevin Jones, a cattle feeder from Eden, ID, located 16 miles east of Twin Falls.  Jones said well before his involvement in USMEF, he saw the value in the organization for cattle producers.  He...

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