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Much of the trade focus has been on China. However, the United States agricultural industry could be at a significant tariff disadvantage starting April 1 and it has nothing to do with China.

Experts are optimistic for the nation’s crop, El Niño brings moisture benefit

Soil moistures supplies in North Dakota appear to be in decent shape as spring planting season nears.

Soil moistures supplies in North Dakota appear to be in decent shape as spring planting season nears.

Wheat prices proved to show ugly price action again on Wednesday, as the trade continues to be disappointed with the lack of demand. Is that the only factor driving wheat prices lower?

Chinese officials are considering purchasing as much as 7 million tons of U.S. wheat depending on the progress of trade talks, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Farmers and scouters alike will want to check out a new app from the Midwest Cover Crops Council, with links to additional articles and more photos.

Several of the biggest crop production reports of the year are now delayed due to the government shutdown.

New computer model from Texas A&M uses decades of data to help producers predict wheat forage success.

USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says a pattern of snow and cold could bring more wintry weather soon.

Winter wheat planting has been slow this fall and several factors may help push prices higher into the new year.

Each year the National Wheat Foundation (with other sponsors) hosts a National Wheat Yield Contest. Winners are selected from winter wheat and spring wheat as well as two subcategories: dryland and irrigated.

According to the latest USDA Crop Production report, corn, soybean and cotton saw a reduction in production numbers.

Jared Creed of JJC Marketing Services talks with U.S. Farm Report's Tyne Morgan about wheat exports and the winter wheat crop.

Sunshine also helped kick-start feeder markets, at least for stocker calves.

The latest 90-day forecast shows colder than normal temperatures throughout much of the country from November into January.

Even though corn prices were only up about a penny for the week and wheat prices closed the week 15 cents lower, it could have been much worse, says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group.

Sunshine finally appeared late last week raising hopes that Oklahoma will dry out and get summer crop harvest and wheat pasture grazing back on track.

Pending EPA registration, FMC will launch Lucento fungicide for use in corn, soybeans, peanuts, wheat and sugarbeets for the 2019 season. The new fungicide is a combination of flutriafol and bixafen active ingredients.

In the 1800s, the Javorsky family immigrated from Russia to western Oklahoma. They brought with them a deep understanding of how to grow wheat and an entrepreneurial spirit.

To showcase the transition from the older generation, AgDay and U.S. Farm Report are featuring these progressive growers in a new series called “Farming on the Horizon.”

In a survey from 2012, the USDA revealed the average age of a farmer is 58. Five years later, that number continues to climb.

This week in Rest of the Story Jerry Gulke discusses the evolution of the negative connotation from “irrational exuberance” in soybeans and how the psychology of the tariffs is affecting the markets.

The June USDA Acreage report shows corn and soybeans both down 1 percent from last year while all wheat and all cotton are both up in planted acres.

Corn stocks in all positions totaled 5.31 billion bushels, up 1 percent from last year. Soybeans stored in all positions totaled 1.22 billion bushels, up 26 percent from last year.

Most Russian wheat is loaded on ships in the deep waters of the Black Sea, but those ports have reached their limit so shippers are using a work-around,

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