Idaho Grain In the News

Citing substantially higher costs for its programs, the Idaho Barley Commission for the second straight year has increased the assessment growers must pay.The 14.3% increase the commission approved unanimously June 6 is from 3.5 cents per hundredweight to 4 cents, the...

Last spring, I wrote about the Department of Water Resources’ change to the methodology — or process — they use to estimate water shortfalls and determine curtailments. The Department’s new methodology, which entirely ignores reasonable use of Idaho’s water, is...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —Southern Idaho has a rich history that has been persevered through its architecture. Our very own agricultural history is no exception and to see that history all you have to do is visit downtown Twin Falls. Towering above the rest of...

Known globally as the Ethiopian superfood, and roughly the size of a poppy seed, teff flour is growing much larger and quite rapidly in stature as an alternative food choice for those seeking a gluten-free staple of their diet. For the past 40 years from right here in...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho. (AP) — Six people killed when a pickup crashed into a passenger van in Idaho on Saturday were agricultural workers from Mexico, officials said.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico said in a news release that the van passengers were all...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho. (AP) — Six people killed when a pickup crashed into a passenger van in Idaho on Saturday were agricultural workers from Mexico, officials said. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico said in a news release that the van passengers were all...

Low temperatures and wind, affecting crop emergence and herbicide application, are some of the challenges Idaho growers are finding as this year’s row crops get going. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content....

“This is something that’s been staring us in the face for a long time,” says Clarke Alder about herbicide resistance in weeds. As a weed scientist with Amalgamated Sugar Company, he is particularly tuned in to glyphosate (Roundup) resistance in weeds that are...

Cereal grain growers in parts of Idaho are dealing with cold damage, nitrogen leaching and perfect conditions for stripe rust.“The conditions that we’ve had in the last couple of weeks have been kind of cold in southeast Idaho,” said Juliet Marshall, University of...

Last year, six states planted 100% of the country’s spring wheat acreage. In the Crop Progress Report released Monday, USDA said that 47% of the country’s total spring wheat is planted and 12% is out of the ground. Washington According to USDA’s Prospective Plantings...