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From the National Agricultural Statistics Service Winter wheat Washington planted 1.85 million acres of winter wheat for 2022, up 100,000 acres from 2021. Harvested area, at 1.80 million acres, is up 110,000 acres from 2021. Winter wheat production in Washington is 122 million bushels, up 7% from last year with yield estimated at 68 bushels per acre, up 26 bushels per acre from 2021. Idaho planted 770,000 ... Read More »

From NASS There were 6.1 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington, down from 6.8 days reported the previous week. Statewide average temperatures continued to remain well above normal throughout Washington. Moisture received during the previous week helped to maintain soil conditions. Wildfire smoke lingered in much of Eastern Washington. Yellow potatoes were harvested in Skagit County. Soil was quite dry, ... Read More »

Program lets farmers test conservation practices before committing entire operation By Trista Crossley Editor, Wheat Life Producers interested in exploring conservation practices without committing their entire operation have until Oct. 13 to consider a relatively new program offered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The Environmental Quality Incentives Program-Conservation Incentive Contracts (EQIP-CIC) is meant to fill the gap between ... Read More »

From NASS There were 6.8 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington, up from 6.7 days reported the previous week. Statewide temperatures were above normal throughout Washington as the autumn season started with a warmer and dry weather pattern. There were some scattered showers reported in the northeast region of the state. Overall, the small grain harvest was complete. This allowed ... Read More »

For the past few days, wheat industry representatives have been in Washington, D.C., to take part in the annual Taste of Washington fly-in with Washington State University, the Washington State Department of Agriculture, and other commodity groups. The Taste of Washington event spotlights Washington-grown products and promotes Washington agriculture to members of Congress. As part of that trip, wheat growers met ... Read More »

From NASS There were 6.7 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington, unchanged from the previous week. Statewide temperatures were below normal throughout Washington. In central Washington, grain harvest was nearly completed. In Chelan County, spotty showers were present, with heavy precipitation in some areas. Some acres of winter wheat were replanted due to soil crusting. Wheat that was planted one ... Read More »

From the Capital Press The most exciting news about this year’s wheat crop is there is no exciting news, the Wheat Marketing Center’s executive director says. Protein levels, kernel weights, test weights, falling numbers, ash and other characteristics are all consistent with five-year averages. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »

The Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG) is proud to announce the hiring of long-time agricultural advocate, KayDee Gilkey, as their new outreach coordinator. Gilkey will be a familiar face to many wheat growers as she’s been involved with industry groups for years, most recently as director of industry relations with the Washington State Beef Commission. Before that, she worked ... Read More »

From NASS There were 6.7 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington, down from 7 days the previous week. Statewide temperatures were above normal throughout Washington. In Western Washington, conditions remained extremely dry. Harvest continued for late variety blueberries and apples. Seed crops were prepared for harvest. In central Washington, morning dews began. Apple and pear harvests were running a couple ... Read More »

From the Capital Press Federal forecasters are nearly certain that a La Nina will prevail in early winter and think it will likely will stick around until early spring, raising prospects for ample snow in the Cascade Range. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »