The long battle with quagga mussels in the middle portion of the Snake River has been filled with countless casualties, which is precisely the point of its success, say officials from the Idaho State Department of Agriculture.

In 2024, a new law added tributary basins outside the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer to groundwater rights management. Two producers share their perspectives on the impact of this change.

If you’re looking for an alternative crop to wheat, teff might be an option. But production-wise, Idaho growers want to know how it fits into a rotation, what the water and nutrient requirements are, what it looks like at harvest and what the market potential is.

The conversation concerning the breaching of the dams on the Columbia-Snake River System has intensified in recent months and has only become more political. Ag Proud – Idaho’s Cassidy Woolsey recently spoke with Corbitt to learn more about the Port of Lewiston, its benefits to the state of Idaho and what impact the removal of the dams would have on agriculture.

“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.

Is the Snake River a two-river system? Is one man's waste water another man's water right? Let's explore those ideas.

The year 2022 has been very busy for operations of facilities along the Columbia Snake River System.

A unique combination of climate, geology and water supply provide the raw ingredients for global-scale agricultural production in the upper Snake River basin.