The inaugural Idaho Farm and Ranch Conference was held Oct. 24-25 in Boise and included a host of discussions and presentations centered around farm stress and financial management. Idaho State Department of Agriculture Director Celia Gould, a rancher and farmer, told participants that national studies show farmers die by suicide at a rate several times the national average. One of the keys to reducing that rate is openly discussing the issue and the factors that lead to it, Gould said.

For the first time, scientists have detected the blast fungus in Germany. The pathogen was found on diseased wild grasses.

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has released its Annual Report 2021: From Discovery to Scaling Up. The report focuses on three ways that CIMMYT researchers contribute to science, innovation, and society.

The PNW Wheat Quality Council was first convened in 1995 with the backing and encouragement of the Tri-State Wheat Commissions. It has been an excellent program and has yielded immeasurable benefits.

The grains market has moved this year from handling an unprecedented worldwide pandemic to dealing with a war involving two of the planet’s biggest exporting nations.

On Tuesday, USDA Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young announced a nearly $24 million investment across 45 organizations and institutions that teach and train beginning farmers and ranchers.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on November 15 that the USDA plans for additional emergency relief through the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) and pandemic assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).