wheat farmers

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon wheat farmers, like their counterparts in Washington and Idaho, are using additional fungicide treatments to stave off stripe rust this year. Capital Press reports that a heavier than normal snowfall and extended periods of cold and rain resulted in conditions ideal for diseases...

A recently elected member of the U.S. Wheat Associates Executive Board says the depressed ag economy continues to challenge U.S. wheat farmers. Ohio farmer Doug Goyings, elected during the joint USW and National Association of Wheat Growers Board Meeting in Washington D...

Census Bureau data released last Thursday showed median household income in non-metro areas of the United States had increased by 3.4 percent in 2015 and poverty rates had fallen. Given the data New York Times headlines called Rural America beginning to rebound, citing rural counties added more than 250,00 jobs in over the last two years...