By Dr. Xianming Chen Earlier this week, we were checking wheat fields in Whitman, Garfield, Columbia, Walla Walla, Benton, Franklin and Adams counties of Washington and Umatilla County of Oregon. Winter wheat crops ranged from Feekes 4 to 6. Stripe rust was found in breeding nurseries in Central Ferry (Garfield County), our rust monitoring nurseries in Walla Walla, and nurseries ... Read More »

From the National Association of Wheat Growers Yesterday, the House Committee on Agriculture marked-up its version of the 2018 Farm Bill, or H.R. 2 Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018. In response, the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) President Jimmie Musick made the following statement: “NAWG commends the House Agriculture Committee on continuing to move the farm bill forward ... Read More »

By Michelle Hennings WAWG Executive Director I’ve been working with the Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG) for 14 years now, and I’ve seen the importance of not only educating consumers and policymakers, but our own industry as well. For many growers, wheat’s story ends at the local elevator, but there’s a much larger picture that all farmers should be ... Read More »

From NASS There were 3.4 days suitable for field work last week. Pasture and range conditions were reported at 2 percent very poor, 7 percent poor, 47 percent fair, 42 percent good and 2 percent excellent. A low temperature of 28 degrees F was reported in the northeast region, while a high temperature of 70 degree F was reported in ... Read More »

From the Capital Press Republican Congress members from the Pacific Northwest are upset with a federal judge’s order to spill water from four Snake River dams to help speed migrating salmon to the Pacific Ocean. They say the water could be saved for other uses and are denouncing the spill, which began April 3, and a push by environmentalists to ... Read More »

From US Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) are very happy to learn that President Trump is directing U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer and National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow to begin negotiating for the U.S. to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). “Putting it ... Read More »

From Reuters Republicans on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee on Thursday called for changes to the government’s food assistance program for the poor, in a package of long-awaited proposals for the next U.S. Farm Bill that could complicate its passage through Congress. Read the rest of the story here. Read More »

From the National Association of Wheat Growers Today, the House Committee on Agriculture released its language for its version of the 2018 Farm Bill. In response, Jimmie Musick, president of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG), made the following statement: “We are glad to see that the House is taking a first step in the 2018 Farm Bill reauthorization ... Read More »

From the Capital Press State regulators on Monday tentatively denied a request by Willapa Bay oyster growers to use a pesticide to control shrimp that burrow in oyster and clam beds and make it hard for the shellfish to grow. In denying a permit, the Department of Ecology said that new scientific research and data show the pesticide imidacloprid would ... Read More »

From NASS There were 4.2 days suitable for field work last week. Pasture and range conditions were reported at 4 percent very poor, 9 percent poor, 47 percent fair, 38 percent good and 2 percent excellent. A low temperature of 23 degrees F was reported in the northeast region, while a high temperature of 70 degree F was reported in ... Read More »