Officials from Grain Craft visited Pendleton in the aftermath of the fire that ravaged the company’s flour mill two days earlier.

Troy Moore slowly and carefully adjusts both the rudders and the throttle on the tugboat Lincoln as he maneuvers into the lock at The Dalles Dam.

Last year’s drought has cast a long shadow on wheat exports from the Port of Portland, whose grain handling volume has fallen by 50% in 2022.

When engulfed in grain, a person has about two minutes to survive, an engineer and agricultural safety consultant says, calling it a “very gruesome death.”

The volume of freight and grain moving through the Snake River dams increases every year, and rumors to the contrary are wrong, members of a federal advisory committee say.

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person wheat industry trade teams have resumed in the Pacific Northwest. Nearly a dozen teams are slated to tour the region this summer, including a team from the Middle East and North Africa and another team from Ecuador and Peru, both of which came to Idaho.

As harvest gets into full swing, we are interrupting this week's regular Idaho Wheat Report to share some important information with you about grain storage safety. Grain bin accidents are a leading cause of death and injury in the agricultural community each year. We want to keep Idaho farmers, their families, and employees safe. Please take a few minutes to listen to Carol Jones chat about grain bin safety.