Washington Grain Commission
Wheat All About It
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12.29.20 Four years and 210 episodes later, the first podcast devoted to wheat and wheat farming in the Pacific Northwest calls it quits. Starting in January 2017, the Washington Grain Commission-sponsored Wheat All About It! has introduced lis
12.22.20 As an emigrant to the U.S. from India., Kulvinder Gill is used to working with different cultures, which makes his status as a scientist at Washington State University and as CEO of his own company, easier to navigate. In episode 209 e
12.15.20 It’s not just farmers who operate under a regulatory burden. In episode 208 entitled: At the WSCIA, the Devil is in the Details, Lauren Port, manager of the organization, talks about the state and federal laws which guide the operation
12.8.20 It’s been 10 years since Arron Carter took over winter wheat breeding duties at Washington State University. In episode 207 entitled, Time Flies When You’re Breeding Wheat, Carter talks about new varieties, including a club Clearfield v
12.1.20 In 1989, Gary Rosman was a 36 years old wheat farmer with plans to buy more land when a grain auger he was moving fell and crushed his back. Paralyzed, Rosman could have accepted his doctor’s advice to get used to a wheelchair. He didn
11.24.20 Bob Brueggeman makes no bones about it. The barley breeding position at WSU, known as the R.A. Nilan Endowed Chair in Barley Research and Education, is his dream job. In episode 205 entitled: Malt to the Future! we learn that part of t
11.17.20 If you’re curious about the weather phenomenon that led to one of the highest quality (and most plentiful) wheat crop’s ever harvested in Eastern Washington, then you’ll want to listen to episode 204 entitled: Bad Weather Makes for Goo
11.10.20 Shepherd’s Grain is a rare breed, a successful company that a couple of farmers dreamed up. Columbia Plateau Producers is the group of PNW farmers that grows the wheat that goes into Shepherd’s Grain flour. And Jeremy Bunch is the dir
11.3.20 When it comes to wheat quality, Kim Garland Campbell doesn’t just talk the talk, she walks the walk. In episode 202 entitled: The One & Only Kim Garland Campbell! 2, listen in as she describes putting quality above all the other compone
10.27.20 Kim Garland Campbell’s path to being the world’s only dedicated club wheat breeder is as unusual as the compact head of the subclass of soft white wheat. Raised in a suburban environment, she fixed on agronomy as a way to change the wo
10.20.20 The CEO of the Washington Grain Commission lets his non-existent hair down in episode 200 of Wheat All About It! entitled: Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About. . . Glen Squires! It’s a long way from growing up in Centerville
10.13.20 He idolized Washington Democratic Senator Henry Jackson, he ran for Congress as a Democrat and he was appointed director of agriculture by two Washington Democratic governors, but Jim Jesernig doesn’t refer to himself as a Democrat any
10.6.20 Jim Jesernig has forgotten more about state government than most of us will ever know and in episode 198 the retired lobbyist for the Washington Grain Commission and Washington State University, among other clients, opens up about his m
9.30.20 Episode 197 revisits a recurring feature with a production of The Wheat O’Clock Report Rides Again! A compilation of local, national and international news about wheat and issues that impact wheat, The Wheat O’Clock Report is how the me
9.22.20 In episode 196 of Wheat All About It! entitled: So How’d We Do? U.S. Wheat’s Vince Peterson Assesses Trade Agreements, Wheat Exports, Prices, COVID-19, Virtual Meetings & More 2,” the president of the organization continues his series o
9.15.20 Since assuming the post of president of U.S. Wheat Associates in 2017, Vince Peterson’s life has been anything but boring as he has worked to the ensure America’s wheat exports continues to flow overseas. The Phase One China deal, the b
9.8.20 Many Eastern Washington wheat farmers harvested the crop of their dreams in 2020 as you’ll hear in episode 194 entitled: Special Delivery! Continuing the Nisshin Crop Quality Survey During COVID-19 Restrictions, 2. Since Nisshin staff wh
9.1.20 Dozens of in-person wheat meetings, seminars and trade team visits have been put on hold at the Washington Grain Commission since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the U.S. last March. That means business as usual is out—and business as unusua
8.25.20 Eastern Washington wheat farming is a mature industry, but how did it get that way? In episode 192, entitled: Wheat’s Early Years in Washington, listen in on a conversation with historian Jim Kershner as he sets the record straight abou
8.18.20 In episode 191, the second half of a conversation with Douglas Poole entitled “Douglas Poole’s Badge of Honor, Farming in North Douglas County 2”, the direct seed leader talks about his equipment and practices and pinpoints the epicent
8.11.20 The joke is that farmers from other harsh environments come to north Douglas County just to be glad they’re not farming there. But for the farmers who do make the region home, surviving—even prospering—in the harsh environment, is a bad
8.4.20 Ten years ago when a French company opened a new U.S. wheat breeding operation, Jim Peterson was one of its first two employees. As vice president for research at Limagrain Cereal Seeds, the former Oregon State University wheat breeder
7.28.20 Canola has been the next big crop in the Pacific Northwest for 30 years. For many years, canola advocates insisted acreage would increase when an oil seed crushing plant in the region was opened. One did in Warden, Washington in 2013, t
7.21.20 Wheat farming is not just an industry, it is a legacy with many Pacific Northwest farms going back more than a hundred years within the same family. A physically demanding job, farming also requires mental toughness. But sometimes even
7.14.20 The Philippines is the Pacific Northwest’s Number One market for soft white wheat and Joe Sowers, regional vice president for U.S. Wheat Associates in the region, is the man intended to keep it that way. Sowers is coming up on a decade
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