The Idaho Wheat Commission (IWC) takes a wheat variety survey twice a year, spring and winter, to gather data on variety usage.Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey. Your responses are anonymous and aggregated across multi-county reporting districts.Click the link below to complete the survey

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If you think you’ve been hearing more about self-care now, you’re right. According to Google Trends, the number of searches for “self-care” has more than doubled since 2015. The well-being of farmers is key to a healthy agricultural sector and community. Yet, current research has found that those of us within the ag industry are facing high amounts of stress and anxiety, depression symptoms, and mental health challenges.

Check out the annual crop summary for crops planted, harvested, produced and the yield for 2022

The Grains Research and Development Corp. (GRDC) has committed more than $17.5 million over four years to Grains Australia Ltd. to bolster the competitiveness and profitability of the nation’s grain sector across the value chain in domestic and international markets.

Agriculture is seen as both a key cause of the global biodiversity crisis and a principal means of addressing it. Advocates are calling for farmers to return to heirloom varieties of crops as a way for the agriculture industry to address the growing challenges posed by climate change.

Genes from wheat progenitors have been shown to significantly increase grain yield under heat stress. Three exotic-derived genetic loci together increased yield by over 50% and reduce canopy temperature by approximately 2 °C under severe heat stress condition.