This workshop series focuses on topics that assist landowners in producing and marketing agriculture products that are sold locally.

University of Idaho Extension is offering: The Basics & Beyond: Cattle Ownership & Management 201

University of Idaho Extension is offering: What Landowners Need to Know: The New Income Tax Law and Timber & Idaho’s New Trespassing Law

All farmers and ranchers, agri-support personnel, and other interested persons are welcome to come for a morning of information about the grain industry and a complimentary lunch

Two Idaho County ag producers will be presenters at the upcoming Three Rivers Grazing Conference in Lewiston. Dion Heckman of White Bird, and Derrick Stuivenga of Grangeville, will be presenting on using drones for cattle surveillance and herding.

Reauthorization of the Farm Bill will provide the certainty agriculture producers in Idaho and across the nation need as they continue to face a challenging farm economy while ensuring the continuation of important research, promotion and conservation programs

"FSA loans are designed to make sure that everyone has access to credit including underserved, and beginning farmers and ranchers"

A variety of factors can affect forest, range, and crop-land health. Current Topics is an annual program that provides landowners and managers with some of the latest information on issues that impact the achievement of land management goals.

- Tree Assistance Program (TAP) - Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) - Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)

“Special Projects are a way for producers, partners and NRCS to work collaboratively in addressing local priorities”

Fall is here, and with it fall calving for some and weaning spring born calves for others. This is a good time to evaluate the body condition of your cattle. Cattle producers are invited to a body condition scoring of beef cattle class on Friday, Oct. 26, at the Cottonwood Livestock Auction in Cottonwood.

PULLMAN, Wash. - So small it can't be seen with the naked eye, a parasitic worm called the root-knot nematode causes mammoth problems for Northwest farmers. Potatoes, grapes and other crops could gain a new, nature-based way to fight back, thanks to Cynthia Gleason and Jennifer Watts, scientists at Washington State University.

GREENCREEK – “How old do you think this tree was?” Idaho Forest Group’s Glenn Poxleitner asked a group of kids as he held up a cut tree ring to them. “Two? Forty?” kids yelled out.

The Idaho Beef Council’s investment in the PNI this year funded multiple retail promotions with major regional chains as well as several business development teams that have traveled to the Pacific Northwest — the latest team visiting during May 2018.

For Sydney Rylaarsdam, it’s been cows since day one. Born into a cattle family and helping feed almost since she could walk, the Grangeville 16-year-old is immersed in cow culture.

If you’re looking to feel better, Nina Beckwell has literally the hands-on approach to help improve your physical well-being. And that goes for your horse, too.

Within the classic sport of rodeo lies a traditional core going back to its traditional roots.

Up to one-third family owned forests in Idaho are likely to change hands in five years.

Robinson learned to work on the family cattle ranch – an ethic that has served him throughout his life.

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service there are 2.4 million head of cattle in Idaho as of Jan. 1, 2018. Idaho County reports 32,500 head. According to the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, the state is “the 3rd largest dairy-producing state in the nation, with more than 14 billion pounds of milk produced in 2015.”

Landowners in Idaho and Lewis counties are sought for participation in a program to implement cover crops that target soil health and water quality improvements.

The Idaho County Carcass Show and Judging Contest was held on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at Sonnen Meats in Greencreek. 4-H and FFA members were given instruction on how to qualify and yield grade beef and sheep carcasses and how to determine USDA grades on swine carcasses.

On July 24, the University of Idaho, Idaho County Extension Office, hosted a fitting and showing clinic for livestock 4-H members at the Idaho County Fairgrounds in Cottonwood.

The crop signs have returned. Idaho County residents will notice crop signs – 25 are out this year — at fields along highways 95 and 13, identifying what is growing. The outreach started in 2016 through the Idaho County Farm Service Agency office as part of the nationwide USDA initiative, “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food.” Pictured are (L-R) Richard Spencer, NRCS; Kylie Gonsalves, FSA; Erica Baldus, FSA.