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House ag chair receives Wheat Leader of the Year Award

National commodity group staff sat on a panel Jan. 26 at the Kansas Commodity Classic in Salina, Kansas. From right includes: Kyle Kunkler, American Soybean Association; Craig Meeker, National Sorghum Producers; Chris Tanner, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and Wayne Stoskopf with the National Corn Growers Association. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Commodity group panelists share thoughts on important issues 

NAWG │ National Association of Wheat Growers

House ag chair receives Wheat Leader of the Year Award

Winter wheat farmers are facing a Sept. 30 deadline to sign up for Supplemental Coverage Option insurance, a new insurance option added as part of the 2014 farm bill. (Journal photo by Holly Martin..)

Ag groups glad to see Mexican rail closures ended 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research wheat variety plots near Bushland will provide good yield data. (Texas A&M AgriLife Communications courtesy photo by Kay Ledbetter.)

Wheat’s best kept secret 

The USDA is investing $2.3 billion into international commodity trade markets and providing global food aid. (Photo courtesy Valeriy Evtushenko via Unsplash.)

USDA investing $2.3 billion to strengthen global US exports, provide food aid

United Soybean Board photo by Curt Dennison.

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