Russia’s unprovoked invasions of Ukraine sent already bullish wheat futures prices soaring earlier this year.

Flour production in the second quarter of 2022 totaled a record 107.407 million cwts, up 4.087 million, or 4%, from 103.32 million a year ago, according to data issued Aug. 1 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture.

The US is poised to deliver a bumper spring wheat crop in the upcoming weeks, which if realized could help relieve global shortfalls caused by turmoil in the Black Sea.

An objective assessment of economic loss due to wireworm damage in Idaho wheat. Remote-sensing technologies can provide efficient analyses of crop stress and damage in large-scale farming.

Market analysts say the deals Ukraine and Russia signed with Turkey and the United Nations to export grain could push world wheat prices downward.

Low-density residential development continues to contribute substantially to the loss of farm and pasture land in Idaho.

The Idaho Wheat Commission (IWC) is pleased to announce the hiring of Britany Hurst Marchant to serve as Executive Director.