The Blog at MSPC

Who is responsible for Idaho’s water supply? A generic answer would be ‘everyone.’ A more thoughtful answer would specify policymakers...

Like murky water, it’s hard to see through the current Idaho water fight. As farmers watched the above average snowpack accumulate all...

Conservation leases need to be proposed legislatively, to keep this valuable policy tool unhindered by judicial proceedings.

Thanks to the perseverance of a Northern Idaho couple, the Clean Water Act (CWA), is less polluted by bureaucratic expansion.

The recent passage of agricultural overtime laws in California, Washington, and Oregon has limited the hours of farm workers.

When is a farm too big? That is the question in front of the Oregon Legislature with Senate Bill 85. Would 2,500 cows or 125,000 chickens...

Farm input costs are on the rise, land is less available and less affordable, and the added stress has brought little in the way of...

Idaho agriculture, along with the rest of the country, endured many negative impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Other than health care,...

Montana food security groups turned out in full force recently to support House Bill 274: Establish a farm to food bank grant program....

We are about a month into the official start of winter. Thirty days ago, the snow pack for the mountain states was looking positive. That...

The Montana Department of Agriculture tried to get people to report their huckleberry patches in 2007. After 16 years of failed attempts,...

In an era of electrification and increased power demand, it makes no sense to remove a clean, renewable source. So far, sanity is...

Harvest and fall groundwork are concluding for western farmers, and tractors and equipment are finally resting for the season – a much...

From Washington’s cranberries to Utah’s turkeys, the only Thanksgiving dish the five Western states can’t grow is sweet potatoes (though...

We have seen dire warnings from many activists and some politicians across the region regarding climate change and the future of our...

Earlier this week, irrigation water turned off for the season and many farmers heaved a sigh of relief and gave thanks for existing water...

‘Help Wanted’ signs are reaching their full yield potential this time of year. An on-going labor shortage exists on most farms, packing...

Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Patty Murray’s report on destroying the Snake River Dams proves it would be deadly and...

The snowpack in most of the Mountain States is healthy and, in some areas, some of the deepest in years. It's a far cry from the...