Agriculture in Washington County

Agriculture and farm management

UI Extension, Washington County works in the areas of farm and ranch management, crop production, livestock production and sustainable small farms. Contact us at washington@uidaho.edu or 208-414-0415 for information on current classes and programs.

Small farms

Community supported agriculture

Learn about community-supported agriculture (CSA) with UI Extension’s publication, Marketing strategy for small acreage producers in Idaho, CIS 1173.

Cultivating Success

Explore the Cultivating Success program, a partnership between Washington State University, the University of Idaho and Rural Roots.

This program offers a series of courses that provide beginning and existing farmers with planning and decision-making tools, production skills and support necessary to develop a sustainable small acreage farm.

ATTRA — National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service

ATTRA is committed to providing high value information and technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, Extension agents, educators and others involved in sustainable agriculture in the United States. This program is developed and managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), with the majority of funding provided by a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service. We are also partially funded through sales and subscriptions of a portion of ATTRA materials and through contributions from friends and supporters.

Livestock

Idaho livestock producers draw on UI Extension expertise to protect their herds and operate more efficiently.

Economic trends in recent years strongly favored the animal industries of Idaho, enhancing their contributions to the state economy.

Beef Quality Assurance

The UI Extension beef team provides publications, research and programs in support of Idaho’s beef producers, industries and government agencies.

Weeds and horses

Some noxious or invasive weeds are highly toxic to horses and can cause problems if allowed to invade pastures.

This may be partially due to the extensive taproot in many broadleaf weeds that allow them to remain green longer into the dry season, so that they appear attractive to horses grazing in poor pastures.

This list includes

• Tansy ragwort
• Yellow starthistle
• Russian knapweed
• Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
• Poison hemlocks
• Field bindweed
• Houndstongue
• Scotchbroom (Cytisus scoparius)
• Horsetails
• Leafy spurge
• Black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)
• Klamath weed or St. Johnswort
• Kochia
• Yellow toadflax or butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris)
• Silver leaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium)
• Puncturevine