Water shortages have been a rising concern throughout Idaho during recent years. What makes this matter even worse is when a canal is unable to effectively hold all the water that it does contain. Twin Falls Canal Company (TFCC) is in the process of solving that issue for many of their shareholders.

North Side Pumping Co., based in Hazelton, recently completed a $4.1 million irrigation efficiency project that spans 4,600 acres and benefits 30 producers in the Magic Valley.

“We’ve been preparing for this for a long time – since 2008,” says Michael Stephenson, senior biologist for Idaho Power Company, regarding Idaho’s response to the September 2023 discovery of quagga mussels in the Snake River in Twin Falls.

On your mark, get set .... so you'll be ready to go with your application for funding through Idaho's WQPA program.

When I worked in the dairy industry, we used to joke that Holstein calves come into the world looking for a way to die and that Jersey calves come into the world halfway dead. Even though I am a beef producer now, I retain my skepticism in the hours following birth.