WA wheat industry leaders are in DC this week, meeting with legislators and taking part in national meetings. The discussion with Senator Patty Murray centered around trade, changes needed to the Conservation Reserve Program and protecting the lower Snake River dams.

WA wheat industry leaders are in DC this week, meeting with legislators and taking part in national meetings. WAWG thanked Rep. Dan Newhouse for his support on protecting the lower Snake River dams and the 2018 Farm Bill. They also discussed trade issues and conservation practices.

Thank you CathyMcMorrisRodgers for being one of WA wheat industry's strongest supporters when it comes to preserving the Snake River dams. We got to sit down with the Congresswoman today to discuss trade and conservation programs.

NAWG and US Wheat Associates are encouraged by today's signing of Phase I of the U.S.-China trade deal. Read our joint release here: bit.ly/2NrUUMo

Thank you ⁦⁦Rep. Dan Newhouse⁩ and ⁦Glenn "GT" Thompson⁩ for meeting with Eastern WA farmers today to discuss current issues such as the drought, the importance of the lower Snake River dams, rural development, broadband, and conservation.

Educating WA State legislators on farming! Great day to be in farming country. #wheat #wawg

Great day yesterday in Olympia advocating for wheat! It was a soggy wet day but well worth it.

Wheat will be well represented by our very own WA wheat leader Nicole Berg during the farmbill hearing today!! Blondefarmer WA Wheat Growers

WAWG leaders are in New Orleans this week, taking part in NAWG's Annual Convention, which takes place during the Commodity Classic. WA growers, representing an industry worth almost $740 million last year, sit on several NAWG committees.

WAWG's Michelle Hennings took part in the roundtable that discussed the importance of the lower Snake River dams. tri-cityherald.com/news/local/art…

"Support our snake river dams" support family farms and Agriculture" quit attacking your safe food supply!! Come together on solutions that everyone can agree on without devastating an entire system that brings value to or economy and agriculture as a whole!

April's Wheat Life will be hitting mailboxes this week. In this issue, we catch up with WAWG members in Olympia, learn about a new state grant program for climate-smart practices and do a deep dive into US Wheat Associates efforts in the Philippines.

Tune in to "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: International Trade and Food Assistance Programs" to hear NAWG President, Nicole Berg, participate in the House Agriculture Committee hearing on International Trade and Food Assistance Programs. youtube.com/watch?v=INe9C8…

Northwest Wheat Farmers Plow Through Challenges bigcountrynewsconnection.com/local/northwes… via Big Country News

Michelle Hennings, Executive Director, WA Wheat Growers

A group of PNW ag stakeholders have sent a letter to Ag Secretary Vilsack outlining concerns over dam-breaching rhetoric at the federal level. wawg.org/pnw-stakeholde…

Advocacy- it matters! Appreciated the opportunity to discuss wheat farmbill priorities with Rep. Kim Schrier, M.D. today!! Thank you

"We appreciate the efforts of our Representatives in Congress to demand transparency and answers from the Administration on a potentially detrimental agreement that is being made without the voice of the wheat growers it will affect." --Michelle Hennings, WAWG executive director

"Washington wheat growers thank our federal Representatives for their efforts to pressure the Administration for transparency in matters that affect our livelihoods." --Michelle Hennings, WAWG Executive Director

We ask for transparency and accountability - secret negotiations are not acceptable. Many livelihoods are at stake.