agriculture

A truck hauling liquid fertilizer overturned in Declo Wednesday at the intersection of two state highways.

He warns it’s an idea bordering on foolhardy.

Dean Foods blamed a decadeslong drop in milk consumption that has seen people turn to alternatives like soda, juice and almond milk.
The Dallas company said it may sell itself to the Dairy Farmers of America, a marketing cooperative owned by thousands of farmers.

Washington state cherry growers have not seen significant weather damage during the harvest season that began earlier this month.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has lowered its estimate of this year's corn crop to the lowest in four years, saying wet weather has delayed planting and reduced acres planted and the expected per-acre yield.

An international energy company says it plans to build facilities to convert cow manure into electricity in Cassia County

Now they apparently plan to place limits and quotas on other crops.

The state of Washington could spend nearly $1 million over the next two years on nonlethal ways to prevent wolves from killing livestock in the northeastern corner of the state.

The Senate has approved legislation to legalize hemp in Idaho. The Senate voted 32-3 Monday to approve the bill that would legalize the growing and selling of hemp products containing 0.3 percent or less of THC, the cannabis compound that gives marijuana its high.

An Idaho dairy has plans to build a milk processing plant in Twin Falls, potentially creating more than 100 jobs.

The more agricultural based sector here isn’t going to go unscathed.

A New Zealand agriculture company announced plans today to set up and expand in the Magic Valley.

A federally-run sheep experiment facility in Idaho long targeted by environmental groups will start grazing sheep again in the Centennial Mountains of Idaho and Montana.

The Jerome County Historical Society is looking for volunteers for Live History Day.

It’s approaching that time of year again when the leaves will begin to turn colors, farmers will harvest their crops, and some corn fields that are left will be turned into mazes.

Small family operated dairy farms with cows freely grazing on verdant pastures are going out of business as large confined animal operations with thousands of animals lined up in assembly-line fashion are expanding into the organic market.

This year's Washington apple crop is estimated at 131 million 40-pound boxes. That's according to the Washington State Tree Fruit Association, which says this year's crop is down 2 percent from the 2017 harvest of 134 million boxes

U.S. hop acreage is forecast at a record 53,282 acres this year, up 4 percent over last year, with new acreage and plantings entering full production

A large fire has destroyed an onion storage building in Parma in southwestern Idaho.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against a defunct Idaho company because USDA officials say the business owes farmers tens of thousands of dollars.