From NASS There were 5.5 days suitable for field work last week. Pasture and range conditions were reported at 1 percent poor, 19 percent fair, 68 percent good and 12 percent excellent. A low temperature of 36 degrees F was reported in the northeast region, while a high temperature of 90 degrees F was reported in the northeast and western ... Read More »

By Trista Crossley In recent months, much of the media spotlight has been focused on the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, but negotiations are about to start on another agreement critical to Pacific Northwest agriculture—the Columbia River Treaty between the U.S. and Canada. Jill Smail, the negotiator for the Columbia River Treaty, visited Spokane, Wash., ... Read More »

For the past few weeks, Agri-Pulse has been running a series of indepth articles about agricultural trade. Here’s the fourth article. Links to the first three are at the bottom of this page. From Agri-Pulse You won’t find any tourists in the muddy, mosquito-ridden town of Barcarena in Brazil’s state of Pará, but you can’t miss the almost constant parade ... Read More »

By Dr. Xianming Chen On Monday, we were checking wheat fields in Adams, Lincoln, Douglas, Grant and Whitman counties. Winter wheat crops ranged from early jointing (Feekes 5) to boot stage (Feekes 10). Stripe rust was found in few fields and generally low. No rust was found in most of the checked fields. In the fields found with stripe rust, ... Read More »

From NASS There were 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork last week. Pasture and range conditions were reported at 2 percent poor, 34 percent fair, 56 percent good and 8 percent excellent. A low temperature of 31 degrees F was reported in the northeast region, while a high temperature of 85 degrees F was reported in the southeast region. The statewide temperature ... Read More »

The Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG), along with grower associations from across the United States, will join the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) this week in Washington, D.C., to urge the advancement of legislation that will provide a strong safety net for farmers. WAWG has been closely monitoring progress of the 2018 Farm Bill. The House of Representatives ... Read More »

From the Natural Resources Conservation Service Effectively immediately, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) financial assistance program participants will no longer need a Dun and Bradstreet Universal Number System (DUNS) number or to register in the System for Award Management (SAM). The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (2018 Omnibus Bill), signed by President Trump on March 23, eliminated these requirements. According ... Read More »

Compiled by the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau Almost 3 million acres of cropland were covered by insurance in Washington in 2016, not including policies for livestock. More than $3 billion in ag liability was protected by crop insurance in Washington in 2016, including coverage for: livestock (through the Livestock Gross Margin or LGM policy); nurseries; diversified farms through Whole Farm ... Read More »

From NASS There were 6.0 days suitable for field work last week. Pasture and range conditions were reported at 2 percent poor, 32 percent fair, 57 percent good and 9 percent excellent. A low temperature of 26 degrees F was reported in the northeast region, while a high temperature of 92 degrees F was reported in the southeast region. The statewide temperature differential ... Read More »

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is reminding Northwest farmers and ranchers that the window is closing on the opportunity to participate in the 2017 Census of Agriculture. To date, NASS has received more than 1.5 million completed questionnaires, 98,000 of which are from the Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. But both the national and Northwest ... Read More »