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WOTUS Rule and Producers: What You Need to Know
WOTUS Rule and Producers: What You Need to Know

While the recent rule may be one of many WOTUS definitions, Mary Thomas Hart of NCBA shares how producers should prepare in reaction to the rule now in effect.

Blaine County, Idaho, sheep rancher Cory Peavey and his dogs.
Ranchers: Don't 'Rescue' Our Dogs!

Several working dogs have been “rescued” by well-meaning hikers or campers in Idaho, recently, who believe the dogs to be lost or abandoned. The "rescues" have become a nuisance for ranchers.

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Intermountain Packing To Build New Idaho Plant

Intermountain Packing has announced plans to build a new, 500-head per day packing plant in Idaho Falls, ID, expected to be operational by fall 2021.

Art and Stacy Butler, Spring Cove Ranch, Bliss, Idaho.
Spring Cove Ranch: Built On A Breed

Art and Stacy Butler, Spring Cove Ranch, Bliss, ID, were recognized with the 2019 CAB Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award this week in Asheville, North Carolina.

Judge Rejects Plan for Public Land Grazing Allotments

An administrative law judge has rejected a plan for public land grazing allotments that would have destroyed re-emerging sagebrush in south-central Idaho in favor of non-native plants to increase forage for livestock.

Judge Rejects Plan for Public Land Grazing Allotments
Judge Rejects Plan for Public Land Grazing Allotments

An administrative law judge has rejected a plan for public land grazing allotments that would have destroyed re-emerging sagebrush in south-central Idaho in favor of non-native plants to increase forage for livestock.

Idaho Governor Says Federal-State Program May Tame Wildfires
Idaho Governor Says Federal-State Program May Tame Wildfires

Local, state and federal officials along with conservation groups and logging interests have to find common ground to reduce increasingly destructive wildfires in the U.S. West, Idaho Gov. Brad Little said Tuesday.

Idaho Rancher Under Investigation in Death of Cows
Idaho Rancher Under Investigation in Death of Cows

An Idaho rancher says 29 of his cows died in winter storms in Washington state, but investigators suspect he let them starve.

Bill to Keep Idaho Wolf Control Board Running Becomes Law
Bill to Keep Idaho Wolf Control Board Running Becomes Law

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law legislation to keep operating a state board that pays a federal agency to kill wolves that attack livestock and elk.

Lethal removal of a wolf has been approved.
Idaho Wolf Control Board Seeks $200,000 to Kill Wolves

A $200,000 budget request by Gov. Brad Little for an Idaho board that manages money to pay a federal and state agency to kill wolves that attack livestock and big game is sufficient for fiscal year 2020.

A public records request by The Idaho Statesman revealed the settlement amount in the death of Jack Yantis.
Slain Idaho Rancher’s Family Receives $2.6 Million

The family of Idaho rancher Jack Yantis will receive a $2.6 million settlement from Adams County, ID.

Rancher’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Dismissed in Idaho
Rancher’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Dismissed in Idaho

After a settlement was reached with local law enforcement, a wrongful death lawsuit has been dismissed in Idaho.

A rancher stands on his trailer observing the Grassy Ridge Fire in Idaho that has forced 2,500-3,000 cattle to be moved.
Idaho Wildfire Burns 100,000 Acres, Displaces Thousands of Cattle

Approximately 2,500 to 3,000 cattle have been moved from summer pasture while a wildfire continues to burn more than 100,000 acres in Idaho.