DNR mapping potential solar farm sites By Trista Crossley Editor UW faculty field tour By Trista Crossley Editor Feature 2022August 2022 Where WAWG started By Trista Crossley Editor Nowadays, the Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG) is the main organization dedicated to legislative advocacy for Washington wheat growers, but it wasn’t always that way. Fourteen years before growers first met under the WAWG banner, it was the Washington State Farm Bureau (WSFB) that was performing those duties. In… Toolbox 2022August 2022 Growing a new kind of crop By Trista Crossley Editor Have commodity farmers become so efficient that they’re hurting themselves and the rural communities that they live in? Finding ways to add value to a crop could bolster the bottom lines of both. “We are producing more than we ever have before, and we are doing it cheaper than we… Profiles 2022August 2022 From Peace Corps to hard-core soil conservationist By Kevin Gaffney For Wheat Life Founded in 1878, Lanefield Farms is located in southeast Lincoln County a few miles north of Sprague, Wash. Chris Laney is the fourth-generation owner/operator of the farm. Laney took the reins from his father, Bob Laney, in the 1970s. The farm was started by Laney’s great-grandfather, William Gaffney, who came… Your Wheat Life Gallery Latest Articles 2022August 2022 Honor tradition by making new ones By Howard McDonald WAWG President 2022August 2022 What are written crop insurance agreements? By Curtis Evanenko McGregor Risk Management Services 2022July 2022 The joy of being a farmer’s wife By Howard McDonald WAWG President Read More AboutAMMO, Carbon, Climate, Conservation, Convention, Crop Insurance, Dams, Economics, Farm Bill, General, Inputs, Legal, Legislature, NAWG, Pesticides, Pests/Disease, Regulation, Research, Soil Health, Taxes, Trade, Transportation, USDA, Weather
