Extension News Releases

June 27 Tammany Crop Tour Focuses on Cereals, Oilseeds, Stripe Rust and Budgets
Posted: Wednesday, May 9
LEWISTON – The annual Tammany Crop Tour sponsored by University of Idaho Extension is planned June 27 and will feature cereal and oilseed variety trials, Northwest fungicide and stripe rust management strategies and crop enterprise budgets. The tour will begin at 8 a.m. with participants meeting at the Henricksen farm at 2810 Powers Ave. in the Lewiston Orchards. Specific s...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Extension | Nez Perce County | Latah County
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The Month of the Military Child: Wear Purple and Support their Sacrifice
Posted: Monday, April 2
BOISE, Idaho – They make untold sacrifices for their state, nation and world. They are often without a parent, sometimes two, as their mothers and fathers face war and battle. This month though, everyone can show their support for military children by wearing purple for “Purple Up! For Military Kids.” Operation: Military Kids, a 4-H Youth Development program of the University of Idaho C...
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News Release | Extension | Ada County | 4-H | 4-H Youth Development | family

Tours explore Idaho’s surprising diversity
Posted: Wednesday, March 14
Idaho may not have as much diversity among its residents as California and New York, but the University of Idaho Extension’s eight popular “Journey for Diversity” tours—hosted since 2005—continue to surprise participants with Idaho’s colorful past. The next tour Oct. 4-5 will explore diversity in the Twin Falls to Pocatello region. One tour “helped me teach students that Idaho not only...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Family and Consumer Sciences | Idaho Falls | Twin Falls | Extension
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Boosting women’s strength in 6 weeks
Posted: Wednesday, March 7
Can strength training twice a week improve people’s health and daily abilities? Yes, believes the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It set a goal for 30 percent of American adults in the U.S. to weight train twice a week to retain muscle mass and reduce fall-related injuries compared to adults who do not work with weights twice a week. A 2004 National Healt...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Agricultural and Life Sciences | Family and Consumer Sciences | Extension | Ada County
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Robots help University of Idaho dietetics students in North Idaho
Posted: Wednesday, March 7
Simulation robots that talk back are helping University of Idaho dietetics students gain experience with problems like cardiac care and renal failure. The novel approach to clinical education is proving its worth as the third group of dietetics students progresses through their clinical rotations in hospitals across southern Idaho and the Idaho Panhandle this spring. The robot exe...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Family and Consumer Sciences | Dietetics | Extension
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Encouraging healthy living through workshops, virtual world
Posted: Wednesday, March 7
More than half of Americans today suffer one or more chronic diseases that contribute to skyrocketing medical expenses for both families and governments. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that modifying just four behaviors could end most chronic diseases—eat healthier foods, do more physical activity, quit smoking, and trim alcohol use. University of Idaho Ex...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Family and Consumer Sciences | Extension | Ada County | Kootenai County
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St. Maries Logger Education Workshop Registrations Due March 8
Posted: Thursday, March 1
Over 1,400 Idaho loggers have taken the 3-day University of Idaho Extension program on forest ecology, silviculture, and water quality, titled Logger Education to Advance Professionalism or LEAP. LEAP Update is an annual opportunity for LEAP graduates to build on that professional development in forestry. LEAP Update will be held in St. Maries, March 15-16. This year’s topics include: soil d...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Extension | Forestry | Kootenai County | Nez Perce County | Latah County
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March 6 Nutrient Management Conference Looks at Ins and Outs of Dairy Operations
Posted: Friday, February 10
JEROME, Idaho – A promising technology to reduce dairy odors, “designer manures,” and other presentations about using animal wastes and fertilizers will be the focus of the 2012 Idaho Nutrient Management Conference planned March 6. Sponsored by University of Idaho Extension, the conference offers updates on the latest federal and state agencies and University of Idaho researchers. ...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Twin Falls | Extension
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Food Safety Advisor Program (formerly Master Food Preserver)
Posted: Thursday, January 26
The University of Idaho will sponsor a food safety advisor program Tuesdays from April 10 thru May 29  from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Individuals will learn how to safely preserve a variety of food products. Topics will include canning fruits, tomatoes and low acid foods, making jams, jellies and preserves, pickling, dehydration and freezing. The program will include lectures and ...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Extension | Ada County | Canyon County
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Nellis Outlines University’s Statewide Impact, Supports Executive Budget Recommendations for Higher Ed
Posted: Wednesday, January 25
MOSCOW, Idaho – The human capital at the University of Idaho – students, faculty, staff, partners and alumni – moves the state’s economy forward and is an unparalleled investment for the state. That’s the message that M. Duane Nellis, university president, delivered today to members of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on behalf of the state’s land-grant university. In...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | News Release | Office of the President | Office of the President | Duane Nellis | Extension