IDAHO FARM BUREAU— Food Drives in Gem/Fremont CountiesAFBF— Women’s Communication Boot Camp — Swine Fever Impact on Global Pork IndustryUSDA — How Bats Help Humans— Secretary Perdue Touts U.S. Relations with Japan— Swine Fever Reshaping Global Pork Industry— Pasture Update— Vietnam’s growing interest in US Agricultural Products— Overview of Snap Changes— Meat Supply Up— AFBF Women’s Communications Boot Camp— Farm Bill Implementation

This week on the IFRS: He was a legend in Idaho Ranching, and he passed away earlier this month. We’ll have a look back at Phil Soulen’s impact on Idaho’s sheep industry later in the hour. Plus, a report from the USDA on cover crops. Ben Eborn also checks in with the livestock market report, and how the biggest champions of sustainability are America’s farmers.

This week on the IFRS: Mother Nature devastates thousands of acres of unharvested potatoes. And it may be a little corny, but the USDA’s Gary Crawford has an earful for you later in the program. Ben Eborn, of course has the livestock market report from the University of Idaho’s extension system, and we’ll examine an effort to control the encroachment western juniper on sagebrush lands. The Farm bureau also weighs in with some dairy marketing recommendations.

This week on the IFRS: It’s hunting season, and that includes pumpkins, plus the endangered species act is getting an update and we’ll have that update from the American Farm Bureau Federation. Ben Eborn has our livestock market report this weekend, and one official says non-animal proteins are not a threat to the livestock industry.