The wheat industry is a vital part of the agricultural sector in the United States, providing food for millions of people and supporting thousands of farm families. However, this industry faces many challenges, such as unpredictable weather, fluctuating market prices, and rising production costs. A farm bill is essential for the wheat industry to address…

Twenty years ago in 2005 my parents began farming wheat in the Grande Ronde valley of Oregon. It is a crop planted annually here as both winter and spring varieties to serve as a rotation between crops like sugar beets, sunflowers, and planting seed crops such as potatoes, triticale, teff, canola, and kidney beans. Wheat…