Irrigation in a Short Water Year, Monday March 9th

Making Every Drop Count!

^{by C. Cheyney, Extension Educator}

With the Big Lost River Basin at 85 percent of normal and the Little Lost River Basin better at 98% of normal snowpack, it looks like it might be a second challenging year for some irrigators.  To help irrigators cope with the possible reduced amounts of irrigation water, the University of Idaho Extension will present a two hour program on Monday, March 9^th at 6:30 PM in suite 204 of the Arco Butte Business Incubation Center.

Extension Offers Farm Succession Course Starting Mar 3rd

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Registration is Required by March 2nd

For more information contact the Teton County Extension Office a t (208) 354-2961 or email beborn@uidahoi.edu

Thaw n Awe Symposium: Garden (Im)possible March 28

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Blackfoot Forage School March 5th

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Eastern Idaho Forage School March 4th Rexburg

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Time is Running Out for New Farm Bill Elections!

Time is running out to make your elections under the 2015 farm bill!

Must choose WFRP and SCO by March 15, 2015:
Must choose ARC or PLC by March 31, 2015 (1 time for the life of the 5-year farm bill) :
Must have a signed AD-1026 form on file with FSA by June 1st, 2015

In addition you have an opportunity to update your cereal base acreage, which happens only infrequently.

University of Idaho Cereal Report is Now Available

The University of Idaho Extension Cereals Report is now available of the Cereals Website.  Follow the link to review the report or to down load the variety trial information.
http://www.uidaho.edu/extension/cereals/scseidaho/sgr

"New Tools for Bull Selection" Free Webinar February 19th

http:/ /www.beefusa.org/cattlemenswebinarseries.aspx

Dear Educator, We would like to invite you to view an important webinar to be held on February 19^th at 6:00 pm MST.  The title of this webinar is “New Tools in Bull Selection”.  Please go to the web site to register.

The seedstock cattle business has experienced an information explosion in the past decade thanks to new technologies for genetic prediction and selection.  As a commercial cattleman heading to bull sales this spring, how do you best utilize these new selection tools to move your breeding program in the right direction?

Sustainable Ag Internships Available

ATTRA serves as a clearing house for internship opportunities for individual interested in sustainable agriculture. With the semester well under way, the students in your sustainable agriculture programs may be thinking about summer internships and apprenticeships. On our ATTRA-National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service website, we have a very popular and well-used database they can browse opportunities free of charge.

If you are looking for an opportunity or have one to offer:

https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/internships/

National Center for Appropriate Technology

406-494-8675

Direct Seeding Workshop March 11th, Idaho Falls

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Pre Registration for Lost River Canning Workshop by February 24th

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The University of Idaho Extension will be offering a Canning Workshop March 3, 10, 17 24 and April 7th.  The class will be held March 3, 10, 24 and April 7th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Arco Butte Business Incubation Center at 159 N Idaho in Arco.

beef Quality Assurance Training and Certification Feb 24th

University of Idaho in cooperation with Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) will be offering a Beef Quality Assurance training and certification on Tuesday February 24th, ,beginning at 5:00 PM.  The training and certification will be held at the BYU-I Livestock Center at 5350 Hwy 33, Rexburg.

For more information about the training and BQA call  Lemhi County Extension at 208-756-2815  ext 284 or email shannonw@uidaho.edu.

More information about BQA can be found at http://www.bqa.org/idaho.aspx.

Precision Agriculture Workshop Feb 24th

Precision Agriculture Seminar

Seminar is open to public and is free of charge, snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Date & Time: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 12 noon to 5:40 pm

Place: Boise Public Library, The William F. Hayes Memorial Auditorium; 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, ID 83702

Contact information: Olga Walsh, UI Cropping Systems Agronomist, University of Idaho Parma Research & Extension Center, (208)722-6701 (ext 218), owalsh@uidaho.edu

AGENDA

Direct Seeding 101, March 11 in Idaho Falls

IWC Direct Seed Workshop
Shilo Inn, Idaho Falls, ID, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm March 11, 2015

DIRECT SEEDING 101

HIGH RESIDUE FARMING IN IRRIGATED CROPPING SYSTEMS
Guest Speaker: Any McGuire, Washington State University Extension

CROPPING SYSTEMS FROM ALFALFA TO NO-TILL CORN & GLYPHOSATE USAGE -
Guest Speaker: Earl Creech, Utah State University Extension

CROP ROTATION AND SOIL HEALTH
Guest Speaker: Tracy Preet Pulse Specialist, AgriTrend

WHAT WE KNOW AND DON’T KNOW ABOUT WIREWORMS
Guest Speaker: Arash Rashed, UI

Contact: Tereasa Waterman at ts@idahowheat.org or call (208) 334-2353.