The United States on Wednesday condemned Russia's continued attacks on Ukraine's grain infrastructure and said it was working with partners to identify alternative options to ensure Ukrainian grain exports. "The United States ... calls for Russia to immediately return to the Black Sea Grain Initiative," State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said in a briefing, referring to a pact that had allowed export of Ukraine grain by the Black Sea.

Join NAWG’s advocacy campaign to engage with legislators on increasing Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) programs authorized in the Farm Bill. MAP’s authorized funding has not changed since 2006 and FMD funding has remained the same since 2002. Inflation and sequestration have significantly eroded our ability to compete with other countries who are steadily investing more in their agricultural export promotion efforts. Please visit NAWG’s website to participate in the grassroots efforts to make your voice heard.

Organizations representing Pacific Northwest wheat growers and the U.S. milling industry are celebrating the latest Food for Peace donation of 28,000 metric tons of U.S. soft white (SW) wheat (above).

The first U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Latin American and Caribbean Wheat Buyers’ Conference since 2018 was a major success, with more than 150 buyers, traders and logistics professionals coming together in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to meet representatives of the U.S. wheat industry – including a handful of producers.

The Idaho Wheat Commission (IWC) takes a wheat variety survey twice a year, spring and winter, to gather data on variety usage. The survey takes just under two minutes to complete. Your responses are anonymous and aggregated across multi-county reporting districts.Click the link below to complete the survey

The value of crop insurance was illustrated recently in the far southeastern corner of Idaho, where a wave of sudden hail and rain storms pounded some fields of wheat that were ready for harvest. Farmer Cory Kress peered out the windshield of his combine Aug. 5 as ominous storm clouds gathered. Kress estimated his area received 2.5 inches of rain from several storms the week of Aug. 7. The average rainfall in his area is about 15 inches a year.

The livelihoods of thousands of farmers would be put at risk if the four lower Snake River dams are breached, a new study says. The study from the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association examined the economic, environmental and social justice impacts associated with breaching the dams, long targeted by environmental groups and tribes seeking endangered salmon recovery. Twelve counties — six in Washington, five in Idaho and one in Oregon — would be directly impacted by removal of the dams, according to the report, issued Aug. 13. About 7,644 farms in the affected area generate approximately $2 billion in annual sales.