Prairie Grains Magazine

Join MAWG for the 2026 Sporting Clay Shoot Out!

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. North Dakota Crop Improvement Meeting – Eastern Regional 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Board Leadership Training Program 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. North Dakota Barley Council County Representatives Meeting 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Red River Basin Flood Damage Reduction Work Group (FDRWG) 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Minnesota Wheat Research Committee 12:00 p.m. Lunch – Register by Nov.

List the approximate number of spring wheat acres you planted to each variety in 2026. If you did not plant to a specific variety, please leave blank, do not enter zeros. If a variety that you planted is not on the list, please enter the name of each variety in the “other” field. If you did not plant spring wheat or are no longer farming, please check the coordinating box. Please complete only one (1) survey per farming operation.

Following today’s Senate Agriculture Committee markup, the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) is calling on committee leaders to quickly resume bipartisan negotiations and reconvene to advance a comprehensive farm bill. Although the legislation did not advance, the committee adopted several important agricultural priorities, including language permanently transferring the Food for Peace program to USDA.

The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG), CEO Sam Kieffer issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision regarding tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA): “As policymakers consider next steps following the Court’s decision, it is essential that America’s farm families ongoing financial crisis be considered.

The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) urged the United States International Trade Commission to revoke countervailing duty (CVD) orders on phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia, citing significant economic harm to U.S. wheat farmers. In a letter to Secretary Lisa R. Barton, NAWG emphasized that maintaining these duties would continue to impose unnecessary costs on farmers already facing a challenging economic environment.

The National Association of Wheat Growers released a new report highlighting the significant financial burden that countervailing duties (CVD) on phosphate fertilizer imports have placed on U.S. wheat farmers. The report finds that these duties have greatly increased fertilizer costs, contributing to nearly $1 billion in additional expenses for wheat growers – alone – between 2021 and 2025. “Out on the farm, every dollar matters.

Betsy Jensen is a Farm Business Management Instructor at Northland Community and Technical College. Written by Betsy Jensen I fell down an AI rabbit hole this fall. And I mean artificial intelligence, not the livestock version. Our college requires us to use Copilot, so I asked for a soybean marketing plan, and the information it gave me was creepy.

Farming is risky business. An inherent part of farming, risk keeps growers on their toes, constantly balancing playing it safe with taking a chance. The more information and resources they have at their fingertips to make decisions, the better. “Farmers contend with several factors that can make or break their operations,” said Brian Sorenson, executive director of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers.

On Jan. 16, 2026, the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to review Bayer’s petition to decide whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts a label-based failure-to-warn claim where EPA has not required the warning. While oral arguments have not been scheduled, a decision may be announced as soon as this summer. The case is Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, John L.