WAWG

The Washington Association of Wheat Growers has a new board member.   Mitchell Powers, a 6th generation dryland wheat farmer and cattle rancher from the Bickleton area in Klickitat County recently joined the board.  A graduate of Washington State University with a degree in Ag technology management, Mitchell also volunteers with the local fire department and serves on the school board.   ... Read

The Washington Association of Wheat Growers has announced the wheat ambassadors for the upcoming school year:  Spencer Miller of Ritzville and Gunner Aune of LaCrosse.   Spencer is the son of Mike and Marci Miller. The multi-generational family farm is located outside of Ritzville. Spencer ...

The Northwest, and the national agriculture community continues to look forward to an expanded USDA research facility in Pullman.  This joint effort between Washington State University and the ARS, will benefit a variety of local commodities, including wheat.  Wa...

Jeffrey Shawver Op-Ed   In agriculture, everything is cyclical. The same seems to be true of the lower Snake River dams. Every few years, advocates of breaching the dams start speaking out on why they should be torn down, and the communities and industries that depend on those dams answer back with facts to prove why the region needs them. Thi...

While it’s been hard on some producers, such as the livestock industry, as well as drivers across the Northwest, last month’s snow was welcomed news.  First those that use irrigation during the summer were happy to see the storms improve the snowpack.  Secondly, whea...

The Washington Winegrowers Association is asking the Washington State Department of Agriculture to change two administrative codes: one on grape certification and the other on pest quarantines.  The request stems from three years of work by a tri-state work group to create a regional approach for grapevine virus certification to harmonize quarantines and regulatory programs for grapevine nursery s

Most, if not all, commodity groups were happy when President Trump signed the 201 Farm Bill into law just before Christmas.  But, perhaps one of the happiest, the Washington Association of Wheat Growers.   WAWG Executive Director Michelle Hennings said not only does the Farm Bill provide certainty when growers are facing so many questions in trade, competition, tariffs and more, but it has many im

The Washington Association of Wheat Growers is out with a new television spot to thanking growers that make the local economy strong.   “Local farmers are pivotal to maintaining our rich natural resources as we keep up with the demand of a growing population,” Marci Green, President of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers.   Green also n...

The past couple of months have been very busy for the agriculture community on the federal level.  First Congress allowed the 2014 Farm Bill to elapse without passing a new Farm Bill.  Meaning the Ag community is now several days without a current Farm Bill.  Michell...

With the Senate and House poised to negotiate a 2018 Farm Bill, many ag groups are hopeful to have certainty in the coming month.  Michelle Hennings, Executive Director of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers says they want lawmakers to work out a bipartisan Farm Bill that can be approved by both parties before the current Farm Bill expires in late September.  ...