3D Printed, Reusable Face Shields
Last April, Chris Hille of The McGregor Company, had an incredible idea...use 3D printers to make face shields for first responders facing the uncertainty of a pandemic. To date, 656 face shields (or assemble components) have been distributed to Pomeroy, Dayton, Othello, Lincoln County, Bonners Ferry ID, Ritzville, Quincy, and many places within Whitman County. This was truly a combined effort.
Fields Tours Have a New Look
McGregor Field Tours will look a little different this year. We are excited to be offering DIGITAL Field Tours in place of our traditional in person tours.
The Season can be LOST in the Second Half
4 bushels per day are LOST for every day grain fill is cut short.
Now What?! Next Steps After Frost Damage
After a hard cold event, it is important to remember that you can still impact the 3 Yield Components - heads per acre, grains per head, and weight per grain. Here's what needs to be considered in order to encourage plant re-growth.
Frost Damage?
These steps and videos will guide you through staging and dissecting wheat to evaluate frost damage in your crop. Hint: Visual leaf damage is not as correlated to the viability of the plant as you might think.
Keep the DAM Conversation Going
"We need all voices to be heard, as the outcome of this EIS impacts us all. If you want to keep jobs, reduce the risk of climate change, keep growing our economy, and protect our environment, this is your chance to get involved. It's critical to our region's future." ~Kristin Meira, Executive Director at Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
2020 Scholarship Program
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 4/27/20!!
The McGregor Company scholarship program is designed to provide graduating high school students with a chance to pursue their ag-related educational goals as they begin college.
Getting Trade Back on Track
Alex McGregor continues his work on getting trade back on track for Inland NW farm families!
Here are some of the activities in 2019 that we are doing to help.
Alex McGregor at Tri-State Grain
Please join us in helping with one more push for action to pass the USMCA! Contact your Rep https://www.house.gov/ Results are needed! #USMCA
How do you keep fall-applied nitrogen accessible at peak demand in April?
“In theory, we can do top dressing in the spring, we can do stream applications, we can spoon feed that crop throughout the season, which is a very common practice...