By Xianming Chen  USDA-ARS Research Plant Pathologist Based on the weather data of November and December 2025, stripe rust in the 2026 wheat growing season is predicted to be in the upper range of severe epidemic level (40-60% yield loss on susceptible varieties). Using a set of forecast models based on the weather data of these two months, potential yield ... Read More »

On Dec. 1, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the next phase in the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program (FBA), the eligible commodity per-acre payment rates. As announced earlier this month by President Trump and Secretary Rollins, $12 billion will be paid to American farmers in 2026. Of that amount, $11 billion consists of one-time FBA program payments. ... Read More »

From agriculture.com Last week the USDA officially announced $12 billion in bridge assistance for U.S. farmers to offset economic losses associated with low prices, high production costs, and trade disputes for the 2025 crop year. We provide estimates of what the bridge assistance payment rates could be for the larger acreage row crops, and incorporate the payment estimates for corn and ... Read More »

From the Spokesman-Review By Kate Miner, Marketing Correspondent Sponsored content provided by Northwest River Partners Every year, Washington’s wheat fields produce over 144 million bushels of grain—enough to fill more than 144,000 tractor-trailers. However, getting that wheat from Eastern Washington to customers overseas requires a transportation system that works. For wheat growers across the Pacific Northwest, that system hinges on ... Read More »

From the Pacific Northwest Ag Network The 2026 Washington legislative session is just around the corner, and in anticipation, state Senator Mark Schoesler has filed legislation that looks to make lubricants for vehicles and machinery more affordable.  Senate Bill 5856, he said, would exempt emissions associated with lubricants from coverage under the state’s Climate Commitment Act enacted in 2021. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »

The Inland Ports and Navigation Group (IPNG) opposes emergency motions filed by the National Wildlife Federation and the State of Oregon (plaintiffs) that seek to require increased spill and significantly alter reservoir operations at eight dams on the Columbia and Lower Snake Rivers. In its response filed with the U.S. District Court of Oregon, IPNG explained that the science shows ... Read More »

The National Association of Wheat Growers has put together an information sheet on the Trump administration’s Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program specific to wheat farmers. The one-time, $12 billion FBA is intended to help producers through market disruptions and elevated input costs until the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) goes into effect next fall. Row crops will receive $11 billion, ... Read More »

On Dec. 1o, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $1 billion pilot program to help producers adopt regenerative agriculture practices that improve soil health, water quality, and long-term productivity while strengthening America’s food supply. Administered by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, this new pilot delivers a streamlined, outcome-based conservation model, empowering producers to plan and implement whole-farm ... Read More »

From the Capital Press The USDA will distribute $11 billion to growers of 20 crops by the end of February to offset expected 2025 losses, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said. The USDA plans to later distribute $1 billion to farmers of specialty crops such as apples, cherries, hops and pears. The agency needs more time to study economic losses for ... Read More »

On Dec. 8, U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced $12 billon in one time bridge payments to U.S. farmers who have been impacted my market disruptions and increased input costs this year. “Wheat growers have endured another year of market adversity and rising input costs. NAWG is ... Read More »