Idaho Grain In the News

U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary Stacy Dean visited Boise’s Whitney Elementary School last week to celebrate National School Lunch Week. Four students escorted an entourage of adults to their cafeteria to eat chicken sandwiches with wheat buns,...

When it comes to "fall festivities" in the Treasure Valley, what comes to mind? Haunted attractions, coffee shops, or pumpkin patches? A highly anticipated opening date has finally been announced for what is by far, one of the most popular pumpkin patches anywhere in...

Winter and spring wheat and barley saw decreases in production compared to last yearPUBLISHED ON October 1, 2023Washington planted 1.80 million acres of winter wheat in 2023, down 50,000 acres from 2022. Harvested area, at 1.75 million acres, is down 50,000 acres from...

KUNA, Idaho (CBS2) — The Lowe Family Farmstead in Kuna is now open for the 2023 fall season.Lowe Family Farmstead is Idaho's most popular fall destination. The location offers fun for the whole family. Pick pumpkins at the patch, take an authentic tractor-drawn...

TWIN FALLS — Twin Falls County is one of Idaho’s heavyweight counties when it comes to agriculture.According to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, agricultural producers in Twin Falls County brought in $680 million in farm-gate revenue during the 2017 census year,...

Dustin and Jennifer Young have owned Idaho Grain Inspection Services (IGIS) in Pocatello for the past five years. If you grow wheat or barley in Idaho (and other grains), their services can help producers market the grain more effectively.Emeritus EditorLynn Jaynes...

Farmers from eight Southern states toured agricultural production and processing operations in Idaho on June 25-30 as part of the National Cotton Council’s Multi-Commodity Education Program (MCEP). Launched in 2006, the program is coordinated by NCC’s Member Services...

Grain Market Commentary Expert grain market commentary videos provided exclusively by The Andersons, Inc. Our grain market commentary focuses primarily on these commodities: corn, soybeans, and wheat. Morning and Afternoon videos are updated daily at 8:00 and 4:00...

The Idaho Wheat Commission has raised the state’s wheat grower assessment from 3.5 cents per bushel to 4.5 cents per bushel.That means the state’s 3,500 wheat farmers will pay 1 cent per bushel more for the wheat they produce starting July 1.

Farm-level prices for many of the state’s top agricultural commodities have softened from record or near-record levels last year.But overall farm production costs have held steady for many of the state’s ag producers.