Funding for Wolf Preadation Compensation for Calendar 2016

Funding Available for Wolf Depredation Compensation and Prevention Projects

The State of Idaho, through the Office of Species Conservation (OSC) has funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to compensate Idaho livestock producers for livestock killed by wolves. Idaho was one of 10 states and a single tribal nation to receive funding through the program. The funding comes through the Services’ Wolf Livestock Demonstration Project Grant Program.

2016 Idaho Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Program

The Idaho Department of Agriculture and its federal partners, recent issued a letter covering the 2016 policy for assisting landowners with grasshopper and Mormon cricket infestation.  This year the program for private landowners will only be a distribution program only.  

Operators who wish to have help from the ISDA will need to have their land inspected.  For more information about the program, go to http://invasivespecies.idaho.gov/grasshopper-mormon-cricket-control-program/.

To get a complaint form or talk to local program representatives, go to http://invasivespecies.idaho.gov/ghmc-contact-and-request-assistance.  Click on the "complaint form" button near the top right to obtain a "fillable" pdf form and email or mail it to the indicated office.

For more specific information, contact Dan Safford, the program manager at 208-332-8620 or Dan.Safford@ISDA.IDAHO.GOV

Idaho Hay and Forage Conference Feb 25-26

The Idaho Hay and Forage Conference and Trade Show is coming to the Burley in on Thursday and Friday February 25th and 26th.  The conference is produced by the Idaho.

Registration opens at 7:00 AM and the first presentation begins at 8:20 AM.

AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFIRMED IN IDAHO

Boise – The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) has initiated a multi-agency investigation following the confirmation of a highly pathogenic strain of the avian influenza virus (HPAI), originating from wild waterfowl, in western and southern Idaho. The incidents of HPAI recently found in Washington, Oregon, California and Utah, led USDA Wildlife Services and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to increase routine disease surveillance of wild waterfowl in common migratory regions of Idaho. Surveillance conducted in Gooding County identified several cases of H5N8 avian influenza in wild ducks.

How to Market Your Farm Products to Schools February 6th, Boise

                                                                                        

Idaho State Department of Agriculture Will Host Farm to School Conference for Producers

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Every weekday from September to May, nearly 280,000 students in Idaho have the opportunity to eat a nutritional and affordable lunch or breakfast at their school.  Meals served in 762 public schools across the state include a wide variety of foods including fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain breads, beans, meats and dairy products – many of which can be produced by Idaho farmers, ranchers and dairymen.  To help Idaho producers take advantage of this vast consumer market, the Idaho State Department of Agriculture’s Idaho Preferred program will host a “Farm to School” workshop on Friday, February 6, 2015 in Nampa.  This workshop is funded by a USDA Farm to School Conference and Events grant awarded to ISDA in September 2014.

Univeristy of Idaho Souther Idaho Cereal Schools in February

FEATURING: A Falling Numbers Discussion with Marco Hernando Laredo of Ardent Mills (Burley, Pocatello, Idaho Falls),

 sponsored by the Idaho Wheat Commission