Idaho Wheat Commission board members have unanimously approved a wheat assessment increase from 3.5 cents to 4.5 cents per bushel beginning July 1. The 1 cent increase will generate approximately $900,000 more per year.

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The Idaho Wheat Commission will hold its regularly scheduled board meeting at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Idaho Falls. The meeting will begin at 9:00am on Tuesday, May 30. Contact the IWC office for more information. wheat@idahowheat.org | 208-334-2353

Argentine biotech firm Bioceres will expand sales of its HB4 wheat seeds, which harness the power of genetically-modified organisms (GMO), to dozens of seed companies to boost future sales of the drought-tolerant product, Bioceres said on Thursday.

NIPPN Corp., which operates one of Japan's largest flour milling businesses, announced hat it is entering the U.S. milling market for the first time with a $25 million investment in Utah Flour Milling, LLC.

Winter wheat production in the Pacific Northwest is expected to be down significantly this year, the National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Friday.

Russia wants the West to remove obstacles to the export of its grain and fertilizers before it agrees to the extension of a deal allowing safe Black Sea exports of agricultural products from three Ukrainian ports.