State Updates

From the Capital Press The Pacific Northwest wheat crop yielded at least 20% above average across the board this year, a top U.S. and Washington farmer says. “Timely rains and growing conditions were perfect to have some pretty good crops,” Almira, Wash., wheat farmer Mike Carstensen told Capital Press. Read…

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, there were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington last week. Washington crop progress: Winter wheat planted:33% this week 16% last week 49% last year 42% 5-year average  Spring wheat harvested:96% this week 95% last week 97% last year 97% 5-year average  Barley harvested: 97% this week 96% last week 98% last…

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, there were 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington last week. Washington crop progress: Winter wheat planted:16% this week 5% last week 37% last year 27% 5-year average  Spring wheat harvested:95% this week 90% last week 94% last year 91% 5-year average  Barley harvested: 96% this week 91% last week 95% last…

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, there were 6.9 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington last week. Washington crop progress: Spring wheat harvested:90% this week 69% last week 88% last year 82% 5-year average  Barley harvested: 91% this week 70% last week 90% last year 83% 5-year average

From AgWeb Note: Dennis Pennington was one of the featured speakers at this year’s Wheat College, where he touched on this subject. That article is here. When harvest or fall fieldwork gets delayed, winter wheat planting can slide down the priority list. While it’s tempting to think you can make…

From WSU Wheat & Small Grains Commodity prices fluctuate, input costs rise, interest rates change, and weather continues to remind us who’s really in charge. While producers can’t control those forces, they can control how they manage their businesses. The most successful farms aren’t always those with the highest yields—they’re…

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, there were 6.9 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington last week. Washington crop condition Spring wheat: 2% very poor 6% poor 43% fair 45% good 4% excellent  Barley: 1% very poor 3% poor 41% fair 54% good 1% excellent Washington crop progress: Spring wheat harvested:69% this week 45% last week 70% last year 67% 5-year average …

From the Capital Press Bob Brueggeman had big plans for malting barley when he arrived at Washington State University as the new barley breeder in 2019. He brought in the infrastructure and genetics to establish a malt quality lab.  Brueggeman got the quality he wanted. But the surprise closure of…

To increase access to forage for wildfire-impacted producers, FSA recently authorized emergency use of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres authorizing all counties in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington to donate grazing rights or haying authority to livestock producers in Oregon and Washington affected by the wildfires.  Emergency haying and grazing…

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, there were 7 days suitable for fieldwork in Washington last week. Washington crop condition Spring wheat: 2% very poor 6% poor 43% fair 46% good 3% excellent  Barley: 1% very poor 3% poor 41% fair 54% good 1% excellent Washington crop progress: Winter wheat harvested: 81% this week 67% last week 77% last year 76% 5-year average …