BOISE, Idaho, March 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on March 15, 2023: U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today that Merrill Hanny, Roger Burke, and Robert Sollis, three farmers in Eastern Idaho, have paid a total of $500,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) applications. CFAP was intended to provide direct support to farmers and  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Idaho's 2022 honey production, at 2.73 million pounds, was 9 percent lower than 2021. There were 94,000 honey producing colonies, 6,000 lower than the previous year. The yield per colony averaged 29.0 pounds compared with 30.0 pounds per colony in 2021. Idaho's value of honey production, at $7.25 million, was 4 percen  more