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From the Capital Press Northwest agricultural producers will see at least a small profit this season from most of the crops they raise, according to a report by Northwest Farm Credit Services. The financial cooperative’s quarterly Market Snapshot concludes producers of cattle, potatoes, sugar beets, onions, hay, apples and wine…

From NASS There were 6.3 days suitable for field work last week. Pasture and range conditions were reported at 1 percent poor, 7 percent fair, 71 percent good and 21 percent excellent. A low temperature of 33 degrees F was reported in the northeast region, while a high temperature of 98 degrees was…

By Lori WilliamsWAWG Outreach Coordinator One issue currently being discussed by the Washington Association of Wheat Growers’ (WAWG) leadership team is submitting a formal request to the Risk Management Agency (RMA) to recognize hard red wheat (HRW) as a separate class for crop insurance purposes. Crop insurance is a critical…

From the Capital Press Washington State University’s winter wheat breeder and spring wheat breeder will share an endowed chair position to improve wheat breeding and genetics using the latest technology. Arron Carter and Mike Pumphrey were named co-recipients of the Orville A. Vogel Endowed Chair during a field day at…

Entries are now being accepted for the first National Wheat Yield Contest in more than 20 years. The National Wheat Foundation (NWF) announced the official contest rules and opened registration on their website today for the inaugural year of the contest. The highly anticipated yield competition, first unveiled at the 2015…