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According to NASS, wheat production in the Northwest has taken a big hit from 2020 to this year. As of July 1st, winter wheat production in Idaho sits at 57.0 million bushels, down 4% from the June 1st forecast, and off 15% year over year ...

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, says drought will continue to intensify up and down the West. "That only part of the West looking to get any meaningful precipitation in the next five to seven days will be parts of the Southwest and Southern Rockies ...

According to NASS, all wheat stocks stored in the Northwest decreased 29% from June 1st, 2020 to June 1st, 2021. In Idaho, stored wheat topped out at 18.7 million bushels at the start of last month, off from the 28.8 million bushels reported last year ...

It’s been a rough start to the season for barley growers in the Gem State. Idaho Barley Commission’s Wes Hubbard said it started out very similar to 2020, but this spring has been a disappointment. “It seems like we’re really dry right now. What I’m hearing, I th ...

Washington State University researchers are warning growers to be on the lookout for volunteer canola, which is becoming a problematic weed here in the Northwest. WSU’s Drew Lyon said as canola acreage increases throughout the state, volunteer canola has become a bigger challenge. “S ...

Corteva Agriscience is out with an updated version of their WideMatch herbicide. WideARmatch includes a new active ingredient, Arylex active, covering a broader spectrum of weeds, with a recommended application rate of 14 ounces per acre. Brooklynne Dalton with Corteva Agriscience said WideARmatch is a great option for Pacific Northwest producers looking to control broadleaf weeds in their wheat

Eastern Idaho’s Marquee Ricks was named the winner of the 2021 American Farm Bureau Federation Discussion Meet in early January. Ricks, who faced off against 29 other state winners, says this is a competition that is always very competitive every year, which brings out the best and brightest minds from the young farmer and rancher community. "It wa ...

2020 was a challenging year for a variety of Northwest commodities, but don’t tell that to Idaho barley growers. Idaho Barley Commission Executive Director Laura Wilder said the state had record yields of 110 bushels per acre last year. The ...

According to the USDA, global grain stocks in 2021 will likely be about 1.5% higher, year over year, reversing the downward trend observed over the past couple of years. Despite the rise in global supplies, USDA forecasts higher corn, wheat, and barley prices than in the 2019-2020 marketing year ...

Outgoing Senate Ag Committee Chair Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow applauded the House of Representatives passage of the U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020. The legislation passed out of the Senate Ag Committee in June and the full Senate in November, and is now ready to be signed into law ...