'Wheat is very important to everything we do': Idaho farmers keep wheat steady even as national acres decline

'Wheat is very important to everything we do': Idaho farmers keep wheat steady even as national acres decline

While wheat acres are shrinking across much of the United States, Idaho farmers are bucking the trend, keeping production steady for decades.At Big D Ranch in Meridian, wheat remains a key part of the farms rotation system and a crop growers say is essential to Idaho agriculture.In Idaho, wheat is very important to everything we do, said Richard Durant, manager of Big D Ranch.According to the Idaho Wheat Commission, wheat remains the states seco…