"In The Globalization of Wheat, Marci R. Baranski explores Norman Borlaug's complicated legacy as godfather of the Green Revolution. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his role in fighting ...
From 1975: Washington’s wheat growers were “frustrated and angry” over Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz’s proposal to withhold shipments of grain to the Soviet Union. One local wheat grower said ...
From 1975: The Columbia River was closing to barge traffic for two weeks – and the timing was unfortunate. Wheat farmers were in the midst of harvesting a record crop. Normally, a great deal of that ...
As one of the world’s most important food crops, wheat not only provides calories and nutrition for billions of people but also plays a core role in China’s food security strategy. In recent years, ...
Lexington is along Willow Creek in Morrow County. The site was originally a small settlement near the homestead of William Penland, who was known as the “sheep king” of what would become Morrow County ...
Heideman, president of the Oregon Wheat Growers League, and Tyler “TJ” Hansell, chairman of the Oregon Wheat Commission, are ...