Idaho has roughly double the wolf population number that was deemed maintenance level, and livestock depredation has increased as well.

Octopus farming, insect farming and goat snuggling are in the crosshairs with animal activism – I can't make this stuff up.

I’ve had more than a few people ask why the reservoir teacup graphs don’t look full after such a heavy winter snowfall and why the drought monitor maps are still showing drought in Idaho. The answer to this question is that the snow is still in the mountains. Snowmelt runoff typically peaks in May or June, and reservoir operators are typically trying to get the reservoirs full by mid-June to early July.

UI plant virologist Alexander Karasev took the alfalfa samples in 2020 while collecting symptomatic foliage in a field at the future site of Idaho CAFE near Rupert. Karasev named the newly discovered disease Snake River virus, after the Snake River Valley in which the field is located.

"I think we’ll see a shift from grains back to corn acres for silage, as water is not as dire as last year."

Sometimes an ag news item comes across my notification feed and lingers in the back of my head. This is not intended to be an ag news brief summary. It’s the “other” ag news – the ridiculous, the wow-that’s-cool, the impossible, the you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me news.