In 2013, a group of colleagues and I started demonstrating with cover crops, with help from a Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Innovation Grant to fund the work.

Is it just me, or does the summer feel as though it is passing us by quite rapidly? Well, it’s not just me – and time does feel like it is moving faster every year. In just a few weeks, the kids will be back in school, and we will begin looking at the fall work.

If it seems like breakdowns are more frustrating than they were three years ago, you’re not alone. The representative at the dealership is probably feeling the stress too.

Birds are pests on farms and ranches, consuming and contaminating feed intended for cattle and fruit.

Summer weekends mean rodeos for Idaho’s urban and rural dwellers alike. As two- and four-legged athletes test their skills in a sandy arena, there’s a lot going on behind the chutes. And that’s just where the Pinz family likes to be.       

A pair of researchers from the University of Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are partnering with a Washington company to develop a solar-powered robot that will rove autonomously through farm fields and eradicate weeds.  

It’s another hot summer day, but something is off: The sun has a reddish hue, the light is dim, and the wind carries the smell of destruction. No, it isn’t the apocalypse but just another wildfire season in the West.

Interstate Feedlot isn’t the largest feedlot in Idaho, but it is part of a larger entity, making it the “world’s largest cattle feeder.”