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The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will boost U.S. ag exports to Mexico and Canada when implemented.

After a late start, wheels are back rolling in Idaho fields. Heavy rains had stalled sugar beet plantings…at one point just 4 percent of the 2019 crop was planted, but with 5 days of dry weather last week, that number shot up to 70-percent, other crops ar

Fruit orchards are blooming as spring brings warmer weather.

The 2019 Asparagus crop is in at Sunnyside farm in New Plymouth. Fresh cut everyday brings plentiful buying customers each day.

The Nation’s Dairy farmers are waiting for US Department of Agriculture to finalize regulations for the new Dairy Margin Coverage program in the 2018 Farm Bill.

State Resolutions Committee met in Boise

Recently released data from the 2017 Census of Agriculture shows Idaho's bigger farms contribute far more to the state's economy than the smaller ones even though the smaller farms far outnumber the bigger ones.

Cattle ranchers are busy branding and vaccinating their herds preparing them for turnout to summer pastures.

What are the best ways to bring high-speed internet access to rural areas?

This past week the Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held hearings on the nation’s broadband maps that are being created from service providers.

Asparagus fields in Payette county are filled with workers cutting the crop as the 2019 harvest get underway.

IFB Governmental Affairs specialists Braden Jensen explains the effort to change hemp laws during the 2019 session of the Idaho legislature. After days of debate and re-working of the original proposed bill lawmakers did nothing to change the law.

With excellent snowpack and wet winter Idaho honey production is on the rise.

Farmers and ranchers across the nation are getting bigger, but there are fewer, thats according to the USDA’s Census of Agriculture just released and reveals that the majority of US farms are family owned.