The Washington Association of Wheat Growers is emphasizing the need to have a farm bill by the end of the year. The 2018 bill has been extended twice and expires Sept. 30. WAWG executive director ...

“When the wheat first starts poking out of the ground is pretty exciting, that relieves some stress,” Smith told the Capital Press. “Of course, those first few days of harvest are a feel-good time.

President Donald Trump on Monday announced that his administration would spend $12 billion to bail out U.S. farmers who have suffered the fallout from tariffs, including wheat growers in the Northwest ...

EATON, Wash. - Back in the New Deal era, the Northwest’s mighty rivers were dammed allowing barges to cheaply bring grain from the wheat fields of eastern Washington to the coast for export. Today, at ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has escalated his trade war, raising tariffs on Chinese goods to 145% last week even as he paused some taxes on imports from other countries. But another part of ...

This story first appeared in the Washington State Standard. When organic wheat farmer Joel Huesby was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s in southeast Washington, many teens sought jobs in the region's ...

A look at the challenges faced by farmers who grow wheat in places with little to no rainfall in the spring and summer, including here in Eastern Washington. America's Heartland is available to stream ...

Governor Jay Inslee says he’s concerned that genetically engineered wheat has been found at a farm in Oregon. Washington State Department of Agriculture spokesman Hector Castro explains something that ...

Scientists developed wheat that helps create its own natural fertilizer, promising cleaner and more affordable farming.

Washington wheat growers are suing Monsanto over the genetically modified wheat discovered in Oregon. They claim the discovery of the wheat in an Oregon field last week has damaged exports of their ...

A meaningful farm bill—not an extension of the current one—is on the mind of many wheat producers, and they have an ally with Keeff Felty. Felty, a southwest Oklahoma farmer, is president of the ...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Several Washington wheat growers filed suit Thursday against Monsanto Co. over the unauthorized release of genetically modified wheat, claiming the discovery of the wheat in an ...