Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) is the recipient of the National Association of Wheat Growers’ 2010 Wheat Leader of the Year Award, the wheat industry’s highest public service award.

NAWG applauds USDA’s announcement Wednesday that the wheat and barley research communities will be awarded a $25 million grant from the National Institute for Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA’s) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).