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Amid Pandemic Trade Teams Turn Virtual

To Idaho wheat growers, summer months mean long days, warm temperatures, and harvest. Normally, summer also brings teams of international customers to visit fields that produce wheat they might purchase.
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Taiwan Flour Mills Association Visit Lewiston and Boise to Affirm Strong Relationship with Idaho Wheat Growers

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Idaho Wheat Commission Licenses UI Cookie

For the first time, the Idaho Wheat Commission (IWC) has licensed a wheat variety in an effort to increase the return on investment of wheat grower dollars.
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To Till or Not to Till?

Wireworms are the larvae, or immature stage, of click beetles, which can damage a wide variety of crops.
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Moon Serves 10 Years as Commissioner

The Idaho Wheat Commission and Idaho wheat industry thank Ned Moon, Heyburn, for his commitment, contributions, and decade of service as District 3 Commissioner.
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Not Always a Weed? Annual ‘Italian’ Ryegrass

Wheat producers have legitimate concerns about ryegrass, a notoriously invasive weed in cereal crop rotations. It seems crazy to wheat growers for anyone to plant Italian ryegrass anywhere for any reason. 
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Selling High-quality Soft White to South American Users Requires Technical Expertise

About half of all wheat grown in Idaho is consumed in the domestic market and the other half is shipped overseas to meet global demand.
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Idaho’s First Intermodal Rail Terminal, in Pocatello, Improves Access to Export Markets

The new Savage Railport at Union Pacific’s rail yard in Pocatello began operations this past summer. This transportation infrastructure benefits Idaho growers and shippers by improving the economics of exporting dry bulk containerized products to Asia and other world markets. 
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Richard Durrant Receives 2019 Distinguished Service Award

The Idaho Wheat Commission annually recognizes an individual for his or her leadership, dedication and service to Idaho wheat growers.
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Grower Input Directs Check-off Dollar Investment

Do you want more input into how your wheat check-off dollars are used? The Idaho Wheat Commission (IWC) invites you to participate in its annual research proposal review process in February. It is now easier than ever to take part in this important activity.
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Protein Alone Does Not Predict Soft White Wheat End-Quality Performance

There is an easily understood expression in English that “you cannot judge a book by its cover.” Applied to the recently harvested 2021/22 U.S. soft white wheat crop that is good advice for the world’s flour millers and wheat food producers.
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New Relief from Wireworm

Each year, wireworm causes substantial damage to wheat crops across the Pacific Northwest. Agronomists and entomologists in Idaho and Washington who have been studying wireworm abatement have seen from 40% all the way up to 100% crop loss due to wireworm, and those losses hit hard.
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