Idaho’s Republican members of Congress, Reps. Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher, sent a message Tuesday that urged President Joe Biden to act on high fertilizer prices, as the nation’s farms head into planting season.

Idaho’s efforts to recharge the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer have fallen short of the annual target this year.

The snowpack is two-thirds to three-quarters of normal across much of southern Idaho after a dry start to spring.

Boosted wheat shipments by about 60% in March, despite that being the first month of its invasion of Ukraine.

European Union wheat exports are expected to jump and maize imports plunge in 2022/23 as grain markets adjust to the war in Ukraine.

U.S. farmers, on a trade tour in Cuba, said on Wednesday they would like to sell more wheat and other farm products.

A bill intended to alleviate port blockages and open the door to a crackdown on ocean carriers passed the Senate by unanimous consent on Thursday.