The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (aka “the farm bill”) legalizes the growing of hemp as an agricultural crop, but don’t go planning your Idaho hemp farm yet. It’s still illegal here. “Industrial hemp remains illegal in Idaho,” said Chanel ...
Read More »Sorry, farmers: Hemp still illegal in Idaho
Expect to find McIntyre Farms eggs at Treasure Valley markets soon 
Two thousand egg-laying chickens arrived in early December at the McIntyre Farms between Lake Lowell and the Snake River. The farm’s free-range eggs should be ready by mid-February for Treasure Valley stores and restaurants. The McIntyre family had been producing ...
Read More »Idaho farm values increase faster in Idaho than in other mountain states 
Farm values increased 4 percent in Idaho in 2017, a substantially higher rate of increase than in surrounding mountain states but lower than in the coastal states, according to a land values summary issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...
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Read More »Got hay? Pocatello’s Driscoll TopHay plans to start exporting to Asia 
The potato-growing Driscoll Management Co. in Pocatello is growing alfalfa as never before to feed hay to its new joint-venture partner at Driscoll TopHay, a new company that will send hay to Asia. Until now, alfalfa was a sidelight for ...
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