Pandemic lockdowns and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have disrupted global grain shipping more than any other industry, arguably, and have sent U.S. grain prices, input costs, and shipping rates soaring.

Asian flour millers are expected to increase wheat purchases from France and Romania starting in July to make up for the loss of wheat in the supply chain from Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian exports.

A draft report, commissioned by Senator Patty Murray and Governor Jay Inslee of Washington state, on what would be required to replace the benefits of the lower Snake River dams has renewed concerns over the cost and logistics of breaching the dams to prevent the extinction of native salmon.

USDA’s June 1 crop production forecast has Idaho’s winter wheat up 51% from last year’s production at more than 68 million bushels.

In a cool, wet spring like we have experienced so far in Idaho, conditions may be conducive for the development of certain plant diseases.