Hill advocacy By Trista Crossley Editor Let’s make a marketing plan (Part 2) By Guest Author Howard Nelson Toolbox 2026March 2026 Disease, pest pressure increasing By Trista Crossley Editor An unusually warm, wet winter appears to be increasing the pest and disease pressure Eastern Washington growers are facing going into spring, and at the top of the list is stripe rust. According to the last update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service research plant pathologist, Dr…. Education 2026March 2026 Finding financial balance By Trista Crossley Editor It can be hard to find stability in today’s topsy-turvy ag economy, but an accurate balance sheet could make all the difference. That was the message growers heard in January at a workshop focused on “The Business of Farming,” presented by Jon Paul Driver. Driver is an ag economist with… Education 2026March 2026 Start clean, stay clean By Trista Crossley Editor Aaron Esser’s message to growers at a workshop in January was fairly simple — the key to controlling weeds is starting clean and staying clean. Unfortunately, the way to accomplish that is anything but. “I’ve been doing this for 28 years now. Everyone remembers Maverick Herbicide, right? When that first… Your Wheat Life Gallery Latest Articles 2026March 2026 Searching for financial viability in today’s ag By Gil Crosby President, Washington Association of Wheat Growers 2026March 2026 Understanding state’s estate tax farm deduction By Norman Brock Attorney at Law, Brock Law Firm 2026February 2026 Social media helping spread misinformation By Gil Crosby President, Washington Association of Wheat Growers Read More AboutAMMO, Carbon, Climate, Conservation, Convention, Crop Insurance, Dams, Economics, Farm Bill, General, Harvest, Inputs, Legal, Legislature, NAWG, Pesticides, Pests/Disease, Regulation, Research, Soil Health, Taxes, Trade, Transportation, USDA, Weather, Weeds