Opinion
Word on Wheat: Planting Seeds For Wheat Industry GrowthDecember 18, 2009 Nobody knows better than wheat farmers the process of planting, watering (or praying for rain), fertilizing, weeding and anticipating the coming harvest. While each step is necessary, there is a period of waiting between each one.
 
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Word on Wheat: Wheat Summit Sessions Focus on the ‘How’October 16, 2009 It was a privilege for me to take part in the third Wheat Summit session this week in Kansas City.
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Word on Wheat: Speaking Out on the Need for ResearchOctober 2, 2009 We will need many individuals to step forward and contribute their skills, knowledge, leadership and passion for making a difference through agricultural research and production. We need more and better spokespeople for our work and our industry.
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Word on Wheat: Our Two Cents on Health Care PolicySeptember 4, 2009 While the issue getting the most attention in rural America this August was climate change legislation, another big policy debate is looking us square in the eye: health care.
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Word on Wheat: Building Partnerships Key for NAWGAugust 21, 2009 My fellow officers and I spent the early part of this week meeting in Raleigh, N.C., with representatives from companies that serve on the NAWG Foundation’s Development Committee.
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Word on Wheat: Need for Ag Voices Shown in Trip HomeAugust 7, 2009 Every summer my family takes a few weeks to travel to our home state of Oregon for an extended visit. It’s a fun time of visiting cousins and parents, wading in the frigid sea waters off the north Pacific Coast, visiting the old haunts and unplugging for a few days from the rat race inside the Capital Beltway.
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Word on Wheat: Climate Issue Shows It’s Vital to Be InvolvedJuly 24, 2009 It is the middle of summer and, after a very wet spring, the transition to a scorcher was quick in the Pacific Northwest. For those Idaho farmers able to beat the prevented planting date, the wheat crop from our northern border with Canada to the Wyoming state line looks good.
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Word on Wheat: Looks Like It Might Be a Long Five YearsJuly 10, 2009 This spring I was selected as NAWG’s new secretary-treasurer, meaning, barring some unforeseen circumstance, I will be a NAWG officer for the next five years. It’s a commitment I’m excited to undertake, and, as you can imagine, I’ve spent some time daydreaming about the issues that might be before us.
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Op-Ed: Why NAWG Supports Climate Change LegislationJuly 2, 2009 Though not an easy decision, the National Association of Wheat Growers supported passage of climate legislation approved by the House of Representatives in late June. This is a controversial position on a controversial issue, but one we feel was made with a sense of practicality and inevitability.
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Word on Wheat: We Can’t Afford to Wait on BiotechJune 26, 2009 I need all the tools at my disposal if I’m going to compete – locally, nationally and globally – in the agriculture industry. That’s why I believe that giving the tool of biotechnology to the wheat industry is so important.
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