Billy Wolfe is worried. Or perhaps “worried” is too strong a word for someone as unflappable as Wolfe, but he’s staring down the 2026 summer farming season, and he knows this year is going to be difficult, hot and dry. So very dry.

Whatever the combination of market, forage and cow health conditions emerge as the year wears on, says Brackenbury, “That’s the beauty of livestock – you always have to be prepared and have a willingness to adapt. You never know what kind of event will come.”

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: El Nino is on its way. If you’ve been dry for the last few years, there’s moisture on its way to you.

Is cloud seeding good for Idaho? Is it an effective way to increase the snowpack and, eventually, the water supply? What are cloud seeding’s effects on the landscape, human and wildlife populations?

There is not much in the world prettier than the cold morning sun hitting untouched snow. I’m not much of a skier or snowmobiler, but the sheer beauty of the glitter of a million diamonds under a late sunrise is impossible to deny, even for the most begrudging of winter enthusiasts.

Winter strikes the Midwest with winds that strip soil from dormant fields, stealing nutrients and hard-earned investment. Learn how to thwart this soil thief with carefully placed windbreaks.

Ag Proud – Idaho’s Cassidy Woolsey caught up with David Hoekema, a hydrologist with the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR), to discuss this year's unusually dry spring and how it’s affecting the state’s water supply.