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By Andrea CoxConservation Coordinator, Washington Association of Wheat Growers Recently, Karli Bugni (left), NRCS-WA Central Area Outreach Coordinator and Washington Cattlemen’s Association, and I completed our first roadshow to visit growers and cattlemen. We started outside of Benge where we toured Bridget and Paul Coon’s cattle operation and discussed programs…

From world-grain.com One hundred miles east of Denver and at 5,350 feet above sea level, Ben Palen’s hard red winter wheat crop is a low-carbon project on a large scale. Planted across 6,300 acres of land owned by Palen, his wife Leslie Hammer-Palen and two other family farms, it’s one-half…

The Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG) is pleased to announce Andrea Cox has been hired as the Conservation Coordinator. She will assist Washington small grain farmers in learning more about the additional NRCS funding opportunities provided through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). “I’m thrilled to be part of the…

From Successful Farming Congress should provide $200 billion in new funding over a decade to reach the goal of “negative emission farming,” said 450 conservation, consumer, farm, and environmental groups in a letter on Tuesday. The increase would be the equivalent of all the funding in the 2018 Farm Bill…

From the Capital Press The Biden administration has released a report outlining its vision to conserve and restore land, water and wildlife with recommendations for locally led, voluntary efforts to conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. The 24-page report outlining the administration’s “America the Beautiful” initiative recognizes…