USDA has designated nine Idaho counties primary natural disaster areas due to drought during the 2021 growing season. Crop and livestock producers in the counties had extreme or exceptional drought as tracked by the U.S. Drought Monitor, or at least eight consecutive weeks of severe drought.

The University of Idaho Extension will be hosting a forage field day in Aberdeen (May 19) and Rexburg (May 20).

Cuba has struggled for decades to feed its people, but because of U.S. sanctions and the impacts of the COVID pandemic, the country is becoming more desperate for help buying U.S. grain and meat.

A project involving 20 lines of wheat planted in six different countries will look to identify wheat traits that support a more sustainable use of land by improving soil microbial biodiversity, nitrogen cycling and soil structure.

U.S. - Cuba relations have been up and down like a roller coaster in the 11 years since the last U.S. wheat export shipment to Cuba.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to use the farming crisis in Ukraine to justify his efforts to prop up domestic farmers by saying his country could come to the rescue of grain-deprived nations.

As the war continues in Ukraine, the impact on global agriculture will have prolonged affects, including food inflation, limited fertilizer supplies, a European recession and fundamental changes in supply chains.