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Goal: Develop Idaho wheat resistant to wireworms by novel RNA interference technology

Wireworms are the immature stage of all click beetle species (Coleoptera: Elateridae). In the recent decade, wireworms have been resurging as devastating pests of a wide range of crops in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) region of the United States.

India restricts wheat flour exports to bring down record prices

India's cabinet on Thursday approved a policy to restrict wheat flour exports to calm prices in the local market, the government said in a statement.

Global commodity prices down for fifth straight month

A gauge of global food prices fell for the fifth consecutive month in August, led by continued softening in wheat markets, but remained 7.9% above the level a year ago.

Wheat exports from Russia behind expectations

Wheat markets have been focused on Ukraine’s improving export logistics but they might want to take a sideways glance at a neighboring country, says an analyst.

U.S. asks farmers: Can you plant 2 crops instead of 1?

There is only so much farmland in the United States, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries that people would go hungry as wheat remained stuck in blockaded ports, there was little U.S. farmers could do to meet the new demand.

FAS to publish all export data from missing weeks

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service is still planning to resume publishing its weekly export sales report on Sept. 15, but that report will be much larger than normal because it will contain four weeks of data that haven’t been published because of problems installing a new reporting system, according to USDA officials. FAS on Aug. 25 produced its first U.S.

U of I weed scientist sees looming threat in herbicide-resistant pigweed

University of Idaho Extension weed specialist Albert Adjesiwor is warning the agricultural industry about a looming problem for Idaho farmers — herbicide-resistant pigweeds that tower over commercial crops in fields.

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