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Chris Arnold with Darigold says, for a variety or reasons, now is a good time to be a Northwest dairy producer.   If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.com 

"Presently, we do have drought in all three of the nation's major where we production areas.  The white winter wheat in the Northwest the hard red winter wheat across the Great Plains and the soft red winter wheat it's grown from the mid-South into the lower Midwest.” ...

When it comes to the latest winter wheat seeding numbers, the USDA says 40% of the crop is in the ground this week.  Meteorologist Brad Rippey said that figure is about 4%-5% behind the five-year average as well as where growers were this time last year.   “...

For most of the nation's spring wheat growers, it's been an abysmal growing season according to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey. He recently noted only 16% of the national spring wheat crop is rated good to excellent, while 55% rated very poor to poor ...

It's not only dry in the Northwest, it's becoming increasly dry across the entire west coast. "One of the problems is that we have seen premature melting of already meager snow packs in many areas," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey ...

Snow accumulation has been fairly light across not only the west, but much of the country. "In the western area, still very early in the season but snow cover is so important to water supply which leads  to irrigation water the following spring and summer," said USDA Meteorologist, Brad Rippey. ...

The 2020 winter wheat harvest is nearly complete nationwide. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey said 95% of this year's crop has been harvested. While that figure is slightly behind the five year average, it is ahead of where we were this time last year ...

Seed treatments play a crucial role by providing protection for winter wheat against disease and insect pressure from the moment it is planted. Growers are choosing winter wheat as it tends to yield better. While growers principally plant either winter wheat or spring wheat based on their geography’s climate and soil conditions, Blake Murnan, Product Development Manager, from CHS Agronomy, said t

Many wheat growers across the Northwest will say it’s rainfall that determines a good crop with high yields from not so strong years. But is that true? Cat Salois director of Research and Technology with The McGregor Company said recent work conducted in the international Maximum Wheat Yield Project looked at the yield gaps that exist in the Northwest and if the wheat industry is capitalizing o