This week on the IFRS… keeping those critters out of your garden, plus the future of prices for many crops is looking up. We also take you to a Kuna charter school where kids are learing more thanks to an Idaho Farm Bureau Grant, and Paul Marchant shares a simple message about gratitude on Irons in the Fire.

This week on the IFRS. A look at the upcoming wildfire season this summer, plus a closer examination of the concerning rangeland and pasture conditions. We make a stop at the FFA convention with the Idaho Farm Bureau, and Paul Marchant brings us another installment of Irons in the Fire.

This week on the IFRS… we have a story about a million dollar endowment for potato storage research, plus we’ll show you how a farm bill is made as well. Paul Marchant has a brand new irons in the fire, and how we’re tackling the nation’s wildfire crisis.

This week, on the IFRS… The Idaho Farm Bureau takes us to Sandpoint’s University of Idaho’s Organic Ag Center, and also to Leo Wray’s fish farm in Hagerman. We also hear from Paul Marchant with a brand new installment of Irons in the Fire. Some surprises in the cattle on feed report to share, and what if big trucks and tractors could run on 100 percent ethanol. All of this, and much more.

This week on the IFRS… how the conflict in Ukraine is affecting supply and demand forecasts. Robots are delivering food on the University of Idaho campus and we’ll hear from the Idaho Farm Bureau with that story, and it’s only fitting on this easter weekend we’ll have a couple of egg-selent stories from the USDa, plus we’ll hear about the value of an old horse named Fred from Paul Marchant, as he delivers another installment of irons in the fire.

This week on the IFRS, the agency in charge of our food security turns 50, and the USDA takes a look, plus the University of Idaho holds a grand opening for their new seed potato lab, and of course Paul Marchant will check in with another installment of Irons in the Fire.

This week on the IFRS… what would happen if an insect hitchhiked onto a manned mars mission and started destroying crops? The USDA looks at that interesting question, plus the drought’s impact on idaho’s wheat crop. And we’ll tell you how to get the best Christmas tree as well as keeping the Thanksgiving leftovers safe.

This week on the IFRS.. So you have a turkey in your freezer and it might be a year old — or more… is it still ok to eat? We’ll answer that question for you. And the United States is working to reduce food insecurity around the world. A report on that. And one final look at the cost of the Thanksgiving dinner. It’s higher, but still a bargain, and of course Paul Marchant has another installment of Irons in the Fire — a unique look at gratitude.

This week on the IFRS, the state is now issuing hemp licenses for growers, and we’ll tell you how that works, plus Idaho gets a shoutout from a big name actor, and a close look at the drought situation in Idaho. It also looks like food prices — including the holiday turkey — are going up.

This week on the IFRS, the winter weather oulook is mixed for the country, but we’ll have those details coming up. And we go to Mica Creek with the Idaho Farm Bureau for a look at a new restoration project there, and of course Paul Marchant tells us why trying is never a waste in this weekend’s Iron’s in the Fire.