Strip Rust Confirmed in Hazelton

Stripe rust is confirmed in Hazleton, ID, on the soft white winter wheat variety Brundage. So far only in one field, but we will keep monitoring the development. Winter wheat in Jerome area was boot to flowering, but no stripe rust was seen on WB528 and SY Ovation. Root disease (possibly Rhizoctonia) and maybe nematode pressure caused stunting, root damage, yellowing of plants in fields where cereal crops were planted three years in a row.

Beef Quality Recertification Opportunity June 24th

On Tuesday June 24th, as part of the Idaho Cattle Association Mid-year Convention, there will be a Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) recertification workshop.  The topics will include:

1. Implants and Growth Promotants
2. Beef quality Assurance Workshop
3. Meat Carving Demonstration
4. Test for Recertification 

The program will be June 24th at the Hotel on the Falls in Idaho Falls.

Informational Meetings for Food Processing Coop June 2nd, 3rd, 4th

Food Processing Co-op Update Meetings

Round Valley, Salmon River Area, and Lost River Valley

More info on Feasibility Study, Steering Committee, Membership discussions

Jobs, Future, and Hope!!

Monday, June 2^nd 6:00 PM at Salmon Innovation Center

Tuesday, June 3^rd 6:00 PM at Challis Community Event Center

Wednesday, June 4^th 6:00 PM at Mackay City Hall

Sponsors

Jeri D’Orazio & Christopher James

Shiloh Warm Springs Ranch and Garden Creek Farms

Joe Heaps, JT Heaps, Mark Lupher, Jon Sheppard

Custer Economic Development Association

Parma Fruit Day September 5th

The University of Idaho Parma Research and Extension Station will hold its 2014 Fruit Day on September 5th.  Please click on the image or HERE to see the entire program.

Regional Master Gardener Convention June 27-28th in Rexburg

 The regional Master Gardener Convention will be held June 27-28th on the campus of BYU-Idaho.  The program is cosponsored by the University of Idaho  Extension and the Department of Horticulture at BYU-I.  Pre-registration for the program by June 23rd is $35 and  $40 at the door.

Click on the image or HERE to download a brochure!

Developing Your Food Product Idea, June 13th

The June 13 session of Developing Your Food Product Idea is rapidly approaching.

We still have seats available for those hoping to get started with us this season.

You can find course applications on-line at the UI Food Technology Center website.

If you can’t join us in June we will be offering the class again in November.

http://web.cals.uidaho.edu/ftc/

Humane Trapping: A Balancing Act

The University of Nebraska in cooperation with Cornell University are offering training workshops on line in wildlife damage control.  A webinar is being offered May 15 on humane trapping. Details available at Webinar on humane trapping. https://learn.extension.org/events/1615 Please pass along. Everyone is welcome. No registration required. Video recording will be available several days following the webinar for those that are unable to attend.

 

A Closer Look at Links between Fertilizers and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Ann Perry

April 28, 2014

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are learning more about the mechanics of how nitrogen fertilizers contribute to the development of greenhouse gases. These studies, conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) soil scientist Rodney Venterea, support the USDA priority of responding to global climate change. ARS is USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency.
Nitrous oxide can absorb 300 times more radiation than carbon dioxide. After the application of nitrogen fertilizers, soil microbes can convert nitrogen into nitrate and then into nitrous oxide. However, Venterea suspected nitrous oxide emissions are even more strongly correlated with levels of nitrite, another form of nitrogen that is not commonly measured.