Promoting the best grains
Grain commission works to maintain demand for Washington grains in good and bad years.
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Roger that!
This pending club wheat variety offers Hessian fly resistance, and a hat tip to a valued advisor.
Grain commissioners receive reappointment
Six WGC board commissioners received reappointment letters from the WSDA Director Derek Sandison in November.
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Vietnam to eliminate U.S. wheat import tariff
Vietnam’s government will eliminate a 3 percent tariff on U.S. wheat imports effective December 30, 2021. Vietnam imports an average of about 4 million metric tons of wheat per year.
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Testing the variety weather
Washington growers and researchers to benefit from placement of weather stations near field trials.
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The final frontier
This WSU lab looks at roots systems to understand stress tolerance and improve wheat varieties.
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Reflecting on Phase One
WSU’s ag economist reflects on how the Phase One trade deal and world feed grain markets have helped increase wheat sales to China. Republished from June 2021 Wheat Life Magazine.
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Eyes in the sky
Big changes for wheat breeding as new technologies develop: The use of drones and sensors (known as phenomics) have become a new tool used in many plant breeding programs.
Have app, will travel
By Clark Neely For Washington growers considering future wheat variety options, there’s now an app for that. It’s the WSU Variety Testing Program’s mobile Cereal Variety Selection Tool and it’s available free at your favorite app store. Like the desktop version of the app, growers can utilize the tool to filter and sort wheat and
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