According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, there were 6 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington last week. Washington crop condition Winter wheat: 2% very poor 4% poor 12% fair 59% good 23% excellent Washington crop progress: Winter wheat headed: 24% this week 10% last week 19% last year 15% 5-year average Spring wheat planted: 96% this week 94% last ... Read More »

From the Capital Press The Pacific Northwest crop tour season kicks off May 29 in Wilbur, Wash., and runs through July 3, ending in Bickleton, Wash. “Obviously an interesting winter with the warmth and openness, with atypical insect pressure and pretty severe rust overwintering,” Washington State University spring wheat breeder Mike Pumphrey told Capital Press. “Spring wheat plantings went in ... Read More »

From small grains.wsu.edu With all the spring sites in the ground and well on their way to becoming beautiful plots, we wanted to share that the spring variety trial plot maps and GPS coordinates are now available on the small grains website: https://smallgrains.wsu.edu/26springmaps/ There are a few changes to the spring variety trials this year. The total number of locations planted ... Read More »

From agweb.com U.S. farmers this year will harvest their smallest wheat crop since 1972, as a severe drought in the U.S. Plains has curbed production of hard red winter wheat, the largest variety grown in the U.S., the Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »

Over the next several weeks, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the June Agricultural Survey by contacting over 90,000 producers across the nation to determine crop acreage and stock levels as of June 1, 2026. “The June Agricultural Survey is one of the most significant and recognized surveys NASS conducts,” said Joseph L. Parsons, NASS administrator. “When producers ... Read More »

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, there were 7 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington last week. Washington crop condition Winter wheat: 2% very poor 4% poor 10% fair 62% good 22% excellent Washington crop progress: Winter wheat headed: 10% this week 3% last week 6% last year 4% 5-year average Spring wheat planted: 94% this week 87% last ... Read More »

On May 12, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its first outlook for the 2026–27 crop year in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, projecting the smallest U.S. wheat crop in decades. According to the report, total wheat production is expected to decline more than 20% from the 2025–26 crop year, falling from nearly ... Read More »

By Tim Murray (Reprinted from 2018) High-temperature adult-plant resistance, frequently referred to as HTAP resistance, is used widely in PNW winter and spring wheat varieties to help reduce the impact of stripe rust. This time of year, when we’re transitioning into warmer spring temperatures, is when I often get the question “how warm does it need to be for HTAP ... Read More »

The 2026 WSU Variety Testing Program crop tour schedule is available on the WSU Small Grains website. Many of the traditional tours put on by the WSU Extension Dryland Cropping Systems Team on the schedule again, including the Lind Field Day, the WSU Spillman Farm Field Day, and the Wilke Farm Field Day. These field days offer a chance to ... Read More »

From the Capital Press The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index rose in late 2024 and early 2025 with the fortunes of President Donald Trump, whom many farmers viewed favorably. But for much of 2026, survey results have been more in line with pessimistic scores from the previous administration. Producer sentiment dropped in April with concerns about input costs and ... Read More »