From Successful Farming/agriculture.com Senate Republicans will spend the coming weeks trying to agree on changes to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. In this week’s episode of Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, Clinton and George W. Bush administration ag secretaries, Dan Glickman and Mike Johanns, were asked about how reconciliation elements may change in the Senate and the fate of the traditional rural-urban ... Read More »

From the Capital Press The U.S. Energy Secretary recently said he is “passionately in support” of the lower Snake River dams remaining in place. “They’ve been tremendous assets for decades,” Secretary Chris Wright said. “We should not spend money to go backwards to reduce our energy-generating capacity, particularly of such high-value electricity as that from those dams.” Rep. Dan Newhouse ... Read More »

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, there were 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington. Temperatures were cool across the state with some precipitation received almost statewide.  Washington crop condition Winter wheat: 3% very poor 5% poor 15% fair 67% good 10% excellent Spring wheat: 2% very poor 4% poor 34% fair 56% good 4% excellent Barley: 1% very ... Read More »

On May 22, the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released its much-anticipated Making Our Children Healthy Again Report. The contents of this report have the potential to significantly impact America’s farmers, producers and ranchers, and the public’s trust in our food system. However, it is important to note that the EPA is still the agency in charge of regulating ... Read More »

From Dr. Xianming Chen Since the last stripe rust update on May 7, stripe rust has been developing in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), especially in Washington. After the update, we received a report of stripe rust in commercial fields of winter wheat in Franklin County. On May 9, we checked the fields planted with Piranha CL+ and Nova AX, and stripe ... Read More »

From farmdocdaily The House Reconciliation Bill includes changes to statutory reference prices used to trigger payments from the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program, as well as changes to Agricultural Risk Coverage (see farmdoc daily, May 14, 2025). We evaluate how these changes will impact Federal outlays of the six largest program crops, finding that the proposed changes, if enacted, will ... Read More »

From KUOW Back in the New Deal era, the Northwest’s mighty rivers were dammed allowing barges to cheaply bring grain from the wheat fields of eastern Washington to the coast for export. Today, at ports along the Snake River, trucks unload grain to five-storey high bins along the banks. Most barges that pull up to the terminals carry the equivalent ... Read More »

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, there were 4.7 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington. Temperatures cooled across the state, and rain provided timely moisture to crops. Washington crop condition Winter wheat: 3% very poor 6% poor 13% fair 68% good 10% excellent Spring wheat: 2% very poor 4% poor 35% fair 55% good 4% excellent Barley: 1% very ... Read More »

Since the end of August 2024, the Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) has been accepting applications for refunds for ag producers who paid taxes related to the state’s cap and trade program on fuel purchases. However, the program is set to end on June 2, 2025, to ensure that all funds are distributed to eligible applicants before July 1st. Thankfully, ... Read More »

From the Capital Press The American Farm Bureau and 11 other farm groups asked the U.S. Supreme Court to shield the Monsanto Company from lawsuits alleging glyphosate causes cancer. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s line of Roundup products, revolutionized the agricultural industry when it was introduced in 1974, the farm groups stated in a friend-of-the-court brief filed May 9. ... Read More »