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Washington Wheat Foundation

We work to advance the small grains industry. We support activities that increase awareness of farmi We love good, sincere and factual discussion!
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04/30/2026

What’s your favorite carb?

Wheat brings the energy, the nutrients, and the balance.
A simple ingredient doing a whole lot more than people realize.

04/28/2026

From milky to mature, this is when yield is built.

At the milk stage, about 1–2 weeks after pollination, kernels have reached full size but are still green and filled with a white, milk-like fluid. This is when the plant is actively moving sugars and nutrients into the kernel, building test weight and final yield.

What happens here matters. Conditions during this window help determine how well those kernels fill and how many bushels end up in the tank.

04/25/2026

When crop dusters are in the air, most people don’t realize what’s actually being applied.

Nearly 90% is water. The remaining portion includes crop protection tools like fungicides and pesticides, used to manage weeds and pests that compete directly with wheat for nutrients and moisture.

If left unmanaged, those pressures can significantly reduce yields and impact quality. That’s why crop protection is essential to producing a reliable, high-quality food supply.

04/22/2026

Farmers don’t just work the land. They care for it. Every decision is made with the future in mind, because their next generation of farmers depend on it.

04/21/2026

Before your car could drive itself, tractors already were.
Farmers have been using GPS-guided, self-steering equipment for decades to improve efficiency and precision in the field.

04/17/2026

A combine is made up of nearly 20,000 individual parts. That means thousands of components that can wear, break, or need attention before harvest ever starts.

So farmers spend long hours in the shop. Combines, headers, trucks. If it moves, they’re working on it. Because when harvest hits, there’s no time for downtime.

04/16/2026

Washington wheat farmers deliver year after year and in 2025, we averaged 68 bushels per acre at $5.05 per bushel across the entire state!
That’s what efficiency and productivity look like in the field.

04/12/2026

It's National Grilled Cheese day and with that perfect pairing, tomato soup is the classic, yet Ketchup… controversial.

But we can all agree on one thing.
No wheat. No bread. No bread… no grilled cheese.

04/11/2026

1 barge = about 70 semi trucks.
Moving commodities by river reduces traffic, lowers costs, and improves safety, making it one of the most efficient ways to get products from farms to port.

04/09/2026

Here it comes! Green wheat off to a great start! A few months from now these fields will be golden and ready for harvest!

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Ritzville, WA
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http://www.wawheat.org/

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