Michelle Hennings

Farmers are feeling the pinch as input costs soar. A recent trip to D.C. brought their struggles front and center, but is it enough to spark change?

It’s been a while since farmers have felt welcomed at the governor's office, but that might be changing for the better.

Amid rising costs and falling incomes, Washington’s farmers are feeling the squeeze like never before. Does Olympia understand the challenges?

While many portions of the Farm Bill were addressed in the Big, Beautiful Bill, there are still some gaps that farm country needs addressed.

The farm economy is in poor shape across many commodities right now. One of the Northwest commodities struggling the most is wheat.

This week's tour focused on the dams, and the important role they play not only in the Inland Northwest, but all the way to where the Columbia meets the Pacific.

Conversations about the Farm Bill have been, in many ways, put on the back burner in Washington D.C.  Attention has focused more on tariffs, ag labor and immigration reform.  But Michelle Hennings, Executive Director of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers says its vital that lawmakers focus on passing an update Farm Bill as soon as possible.  She noted not onl...

The first 100 days of the 2nd Trump Administration have been a rollercoaster ride for the American Farmer, most notably lead by tariffs and trade wars.  The Administration has placed a variety of tariffs on some of the United States’ closest allies, China and others, leading to retaliatory tariffs.  While it has ...

On Wednesday, Idaho Senator Jim Risch and Central Washington Representative Dan Newhouse introduced the Northwest Security Act.  The legislation would o require the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the U.S. Army C...

In late September, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a study looking at meeting electrical needs in the event that the four lower Snake River dams were removed.  This news comes of the heals of a variety of studies and proposal looking at removing the dams that are so important to the farming community across the Northwest, and across the nation.  Michell...