Idaho farmers can band together to buy cheaper health insurance through Farm Bureau deal

Idaho farmers can band together to buy cheaper health insurance through Farm Bureau deal

Workers weed a field of peppers on a farm in Fruitland, Idaho. (Kirsten Strough/U.S. Department of Agriculture)For Doug Barrie, a fifth-generation farmer in East Idaho, the options for affordable health insurance have been slim pickings. The employees at his farm in Ucon include him, his son, and a handful of others, depending on the time of year. He’s not alone in the struggle to find health insurance. That’s common among members of the Idaho F…