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Canola Growers Reminded To Order Seed Now
Canola Growers Reminded To Order Seed Now
Canola Growers Reminded To Order Seed Now
With warmer weather in the long-term forecast, growers are planning for the season ahead.  Karen Sowers, Executive Director of the Pacific Northwest Canola Association saw while canola seed is produced across much of the western Hemisphere; in the U.S., ...
Foreign Ownership Of U.S. Farmland Becomes A New Concern
Foreign Ownership Of U.S. Farmland Becomes A New Concern
Foreign Ownership Of U.S. Farmland Becomes A New Concern
First, it was a competition issue, but recently, foreign ownership of U.S. farmland, especially by China, has become a U.S. national security issue.  With that Chinese spy balloon spotted over Montana, the U.S. Air Force is now warning, proposed Chinese land buys in North Dakota are too close to a military drone testing facility.  Io...
The University of Idaho Warning Growers About Ring Rot
The University of Idaho Warning Growers About Ring Rot
The University of Idaho Warning Growers About Ring Rot
The University of Idaho is warning potato growers across the Pacific Northwest to be on the lookout for ring rot.  UI Extension Seed Potato Specialist Kasia Duellman said the tuber-born bacterial disease attacks crop yields, in both commercial and seed potatoes.   ...
Winter Wheat Plantings Up Across the NW, U.S.
Winter Wheat Plantings Up Across the NW, U.S.
Winter Wheat Plantings Up Across the NW, U.S.
According to NASS, winter wheat seedings across the Northwest are up slightly from last year.  Oregon farmers planted 790,000 acres of winter wheat for the 2023, an 8% increase from this time last year.  Idaho growers seeded 770,000 acres, unchanged from 2022, but 8% above the 2021 crop.  Washington’s wint...
Spring Wheat Harvest Making Up Ground; Winter Plantings Lagging
Spring Wheat Harvest Making Up Ground; Winter Plantings Lagging
Spring Wheat Harvest Making Up Ground; Winter Plantings Lagging
The hot, dry weather we’ve seen across much of the western United States has been “ideal” for spring wheat harvest, that according to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.  Harvest numbers, he noted, made a big jump this week, increasing 21% to 71% of the overall crop being cut to this point.   “Even with th...
Rippey Harvest Behind Schedule For Both Winter Spring Wheat
Rippey Harvest Behind Schedule For Both Winter Spring Wheat
Rippey Harvest Behind Schedule For Both Winter Spring Wheat
As combines roll across the Pacific Northwest, and the nation, some wheat growers are trying to play a little catch up.  Brad Rippey, meteorologist with the USDA said when it comes to the final look at the winter wheat crop, 95% has been harvested as of Sunday.  Rippey ...
Idaho Barley Growers Trying To Rebound From Difficult 2021
Idaho Barley Growers Trying To Rebound From Difficult 2021
Idaho Barley Growers Trying To Rebound From Difficult 2021
Despite the challenges of inflation and elevated fuel prices, Idaho’s barley growers have recovered many of last year’s losses thanks to solid yields.  Laura Wilder, Executive Director of the Idaho Barley Commission, said 2021’s drought conditions led to a 21% year-over-year production decrease.   To completely reco...
Congressman Wants Investigation into Chinese Land Purchases
Congressman Wants Investigation into Chinese Land Purchases
Congressman Wants Investigation into Chinese Land Purchases
If Republicans take back a Congressional majority in November, Florida Representative Mike Waltz pledged that the House GOP would investigate the flow of Chinese money into the U.S. economy.  Waltz told Daily Mail that the steady encroachment not only poses a military threat but could also have wide-ranging impacts on the American economy.  Re...

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