University of Idaho Extension

Matt Fisher, a 4-H area Extension educator focusing on agriculture and STEM, and Siew Guan Lee, an Extension educator in Twin Falls County specializing in health and nutrition, show the University of Idaho Extension ePotato curriculum being shared in elementary school classroom. (PHOTO: U OF I)
Mar 24, 2026

University of Idaho Extension launches new ePotato curriculum in Idaho schools

University of Idaho Extension introduces ePotato curriculum to educate Idaho youth about potatoes through interactive lessons in local schools.

University of Idaho Extension’s STEER program familiarizes first responders with a stock trailer to help them respond to emergencies involving livestock transportation. (PHOTO: Courtesy of U of I)
Mar 3, 2026

U of I launches STEER program to train first responders for livestock emergencies

University of Idaho Extension launches STEER program to train Idaho first responders in handling livestock emergencies and transportation accidents.

Wheat grows in experimental plots at the University of Idaho’s Aberdeen Research and Extension Center. (PHOTO: UNIVERSIT OF IDAHO)
Jan 12, 2026

Find out where Idaho Cereal Conference is headed

The 2026 East Idaho Cereals Conference will be held in Idaho Falls on Feb. 4, featuring research updates, marketing sessions, and networking for growers.

From left, Aaron Larson, Julia Merrill and Glen Merrill pose in front of a tractor at the family’s farm in Swan Lake. (PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO)
Nov 20, 2025

Succession planning workshops seek Idaho farmers’ input

University of Idaho Extension is surveying eastern Idaho farmers to improve farm succession planning workshops and address challenges families face in preparing for the future.

A two-day workshop will be held in Sandpoint to help ranchers sell directly to local and regional markets. (PHOTO: U of I)
Jul 30, 2025

Workshop in Sandpoint to focus on profitable ranching

The workshops will cover ranching profitability, restructuring a ranch to make it profitable, financial principles and rations, employee structures and more.