About 31% of Idaho's farmers are retirement age.More than half of American farmers will reach retirement age in the next 10 years, but the steep price of entry to start a farm, along with rising input costs and volatile markets, make it tough for young and beginning farmers to take their places.

Spring rain storms will have made a big difference when Magic Valley farmers harvest their crops this fall.

In some years, the value of food aid donations can be the equivalent of a Top 10 customer for wheat grown by U.S. farmers, according to an expert at U.S. Wheat Associates, the trade arm of the U.S. wheat industry.

A trade team of flour millers from Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Oman began their tour of the U.S. last week in Idaho.

We thoroughly enjoyed the time we got to spend with this team of millers and wheat buyers from Morocco, Oman, Egypt, and Algeria, pictured here with IWC Commissioner Bill Flory.

Major global wheat exporters Ukraine and Russia see positive signs in discussions which could lead to the resumption of Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports after Wednesday's talks in Istanbul, their officials said.

The latest government estimates of US areas planted to wheat, corn and soybeans contained few surprises but highlighted factors to watch for buyers of flour and other ingredients.