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After the USDA released its January crop production and World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) reports on Friday, the market had a mostly muted response.

U.S. Farm Report host Tyne Morgan hosts a Facebook Live with market analysts Kevin Duling and Brian Basting after the USDA January Reports are released.

Due to the holiday season, export sales were delayed and the significant number of cancellations were concerning, says Jamie Wasemiller of the Gulke Group. 

As Farm Journal's Pam Fretwell and Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, go over this year’s markets, they also look ahead to some surprises that may come into being in early 2018.

In 2017, wheat acres hit a 108-year low, and they’ll be fewer acres in 2018. 

For an artisanal bread company, the farmer-producer relationship takes more than just separating the wheat from the chaff.

The Dec. 12  WASDE report helped corn by raising ethanol usage by 50 million bushel, which reduced ending stocks—good news according to Jerry Gulke as he spoke to Host Pam Fretwell on Farm Journal Radio.  

Here's the latest from the USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates:

While corn and soybean yields reach new heights, wheat continues to fall behind the curve with fewer investments and no biotechnology.

Recent warmth and dryness raise concerns about winter wheat establishment.

But the SRW wheat crop actually edged higher in the final rating of the season.

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?  “I’m thankful for being involved in agriculture,” says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group. Listen to the full report now and hear what all Jerry Gulke is really thankful for. It’s something all farmers can relate to and appreciate.

Wheat acres in the U.S. in 2017 were at lows not seen for a century. Going into 2018, it looks like that could be the case as well with farmers planting less wheat.

Our weighted Crop Condition Index shows the HRW ratings dipping more than the SRW rating.

After the USDA released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Thursday, corn and soybeans took the lead story away from wheat. Ending stocks for wheat for 2017/18 have been lowered 25 million bushels, the report citing increased exports as the cause.

Blake Harlan grew up in a culture of innovation and it's paid off for his farming business.

Wheat planting is starting to wrap up for many farmers. On Farm Journal College TV, agronomist Phil Needham discusses one of the most common viruses in winter wheat production, barley yellow dwarf virus.  

Tillerman Seeds, LLC, of Grand Rapids, Mich. was formed to acquire specialty, GMO and non-GMO seed assets. This week it completed its first transaction with the successful purchase of DF Seeds Inc., of Dansville, Mich. 

Variety selection can play a huge role in yield and premiums

Monday's Crop Progress shows 30 point delays in both corn and soybean harvest in Minnesota.

See all of the report data, coverage and analysis of USDA's Oct. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and Crop Production reports.

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Kansas State University receives 2,300 acres of farmland

Winter wheat moving again to Gulf Coast export facilities

Tuesday’s weekly Crop Progress report from USDA showed corn maturity is still delayed, and that conditions for corn, soybeans and even cotton have improved. Despite extensive damage to the Texas cotton crop from Hurri

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When California farmer John Duarte decided to settle his legal battle with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rather than risk losing his family owned nursery operation, a couple of signals were sent to all of agriculture according to Don Parish, senior director of regulatory relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation. Duarte agreed to pay a $1.1 million settlement after being accused by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of improperly disturbing a wetland when he plowed a wheat field.

Is agriculture exempt from the permitting requirements of the Clean Water Act? Growers will have to wait a while longer for an answer to that question following a $1.1 million settlement in a landmark case this week.

John Duarte, a California nursery owner who was sued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for plowing a wheat field without a Clean Water Act permit, has reached a $1.1 million settlement with the federal government. 

Are farmers protected by the agricultural practices exemption of the Clean Water Act? That is the centerpiece of a court hearing getting underway in California.

Top Producer columnists Chris Barron and Paul Neiffer share a from-the-field crop update from the Evergreen State.

What can a farmer drop in the planter when prices are poor? Aaron Base’s planter has room for wine, wheat, weddings, Airbnb, grass fed beef and a 1928 schoolhouse. Revenue beyond the rows can be crucial to an operation, particularly in lean commodity years, and Base is bucking convention by tapping the vein of side-stream income.

Loss and risk are an assumption in farming; devastation is not. Crops in the Dakotas and Montana are baking on an anvil of severe drought and extreme heat, as growers and ranchers make difficult decisions regarding cattle, corn and wheat.

Thousands of acres of wheat have been baled for feed in drought-stricken areas of North Dakota. Many farmers are abandoning small grains because the quality of the crops are not worth harvesting.

Variety selection can play a huge role in yield and premiums