This week on the IFRS… the concerns grow over the western snowpack, we’ll tell you about that, plus an administrative action is coming next month to deal with potential water supply conflicts in the Wood River Valley. We’ll have all of those details. Feral Swine are a growing problem for farmers in America, a big report from the USDA on that, and we of course will hear from Ben Eborn with this week’s livestock market report, and we’ll have the details about how Covid has impacted Rural America.

This week on the IFRS, we head down to Bear Lake County where one multi-generational farmer has combined his love of agriculture, with music. Plus, a look at what the American Jobs Plan contains for farmers and rural residents. If you think the weather across the West has changed in the past 50 years, you’d be correct. Ben Eborn of course will have the livestock report, and the Idaho Farm Bureau has a report on the legislature’s recent passage of the hemp legalization bill.

This week on the IFRS, a first time disease hits wild rabbit populations in Idaho, and domestic rabbit owners should be very careful. We’ll have the details and the guidelines. Plus, some things you should know about the upcoming farm year, and Clark Johnston with the Idaho Farm Bureau will have some advice. Plus Ben Eborn from the University of Idaho weighs in with the livestock report. Much More.

Potatoes harvest begins with an uncertain future. Little’s Newdale Farm/Ranch highlighted. US Still has ag surplus. Topsoil rapidly drying. Asian Giant Hornets. Removing the stigma of farm stress. Online growth of ag census.

New Barley and Meat processing plants coming to Idaho – interview with IFB’s Sean Ellis. Farm Bankruptcy mixed news. Farm Dog of the Year nominations sought. Ben Eborn’s livestock report. Efforts to stop animal diseases from coming to the US. Beware of Chinese Seeds. Using byproducts for polymers and fiber for cereals.

Growing concerns about pasture and rangeland, PPP help is on the way, meat production to increase, Livestock market report, Backyard poultry, ranch-to-table marketing.

USMCA in force. More Coronavirus Aid. Rain delays hay crop. Wheat Steady. Sleep Deprivation toll. Reagan 1996 Independence Day Address.

America’s capacity to process beef appears to be on the rebound. Interesting numbers in other livestock. Visiting the Rynearson farm near Payette. Senator Jim Risch weighs in on his opposition to the Great American Outdoors Act, and a full look at digitizing pollinators. Ben Eborn’s livestock market report.

The latest coronavirus info impacting farmers. Markets begin to rebound. Dairy production down. How Americans spend their “food” time. Visit to the Ingersoll Ranch near St. Maries.

Dairy prices drop to crisis levels in pandemic. Alternative crops with the USDA. Interview with IDA’s Rick Naerabout. Ben Eborn’s livestock market report. How Idaho’s ag community is stepping up to help alleviate hunger during the difficult pandemic economy. Idahoan Foods is hiring.