Horticulture & Agriculture

Welcome to horticulture and small farms where we are making the most of our Idaho home. If you are looking for more information on home gardening or growing crops in our county, you’ve come to the right place.

Our Idaho Home Garden Tips program is a great place to start for home gardeners, but we also have our Idaho Master Gardener program for those wanting a more rigorous gardening program.

As well as our weekly Pest Alert newsletter that track pests in the area and give you the most accurate information for managing them in southeast Idaho.

2025 Horticulture Symposium: Successful Eastern Idaho Gardening

Come join us for our annual horticulture symposium!

     March 1

     8:30 a.m. registration and breakfast

     9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., classes

Keynote address:  Site Selection and Preparation for Production, Ron Patterson

Classes include:

•  Small Fruits, Ron Patterson
•  Fruit Trees, Bracken Henderson
•  Warm Season Vegetables, Jared Gibbons
•  Cool Season Vegetables, Tom Jacobsen

Register Today, Preregistration ends Wednesday Feb. 26, 5 p.m.

               Use drop down menu to select “horticulture symposium”

Preregistration price: $20

Registration at the door: $30

Master Gardener Class

**Master Gardener Registration is closed for this year and will reopen after Thanksgiving.

Next Class Starting Jan. 14, 2026

Classes Wednesday Evenings, 7 p.m. Mountain Time, on zoom

Farm Financial Analysis

Next Class starts March 4, classes on March 4, 11, 18, & 25 7 p.m. MT, on zoom

Registration closes Feb. 27

Cost: $100 per farm unit

Join UI Extension for a Farm Financial Analysis class. Weekly instructional videos allow you to pause, rewind and apply the steps to your own company independently. Then we meet virtually as a group, to answer questions and dive deeper into using these tools in your own businesses. Participants need access to a computer, internet and Microsoft Excel. Course links and related documents will be provided upon registration.

Topics covered include:

• production records
• balance sheets
• income statements
• cash flow, enterprise and partial budgeting
• farm financial analysis

approved for FSA beginning borrower training

To register or for more information, contact our office:

208-529-1390 or bonneville@uidaho.edu

Practical Farm and Ranch Financial Records

Class Starting March 3, Classes March 3, 10, 17, 24, 7 p.m. MT on zoom

Registration closes Feb. 27

Course will cover:

Basic Accounting | Setting up a Company File | Customizing Your Chart of Accounts | Recording Transactions | Creating an Income Statement | Balance Sheets | Budgeting | and More.

This class will follow a virtual hybrid format. Weekly instructional videos allow you to pause, rewind and apply the steps to your own company file independently. Then we meet virtually as a group to answer questions and dive deeper into using these tools in your own business. Class does not include accounting software. Participants are expected to have their own accounting system. Course links will be provided upon registration completion.

Approved for FSA beginning borrower training. 

Cost: $100 per farm unit

To register or for more information, contact our office:

208-529-1390 or bonneville@uidaho.edu