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Above-normal temps expected to return to Northern, Central Plains Friday.
Grain traders say new system will be easier and less costly.
As truckload after truckload of harvested wheat makes its way from smaller grain elevators in Hereford and Canyon, Texas to larger operations in Amarillo for loading onto trains and shipment by rail, area farmers are looking back on a crop that was above average in quality and quantity.
Pendleton Grain Growers has agreed to sell its assets to United Grain Corporation.
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Extreme cold persists on the Corn Belt & Plains.
New insecticide available, breakthrough in scab resistance and a USDA wheat report.
Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma see crop conditions decline since dormancy.
Winter wheat’s protective snowcover has improved notably since January.
Pro Farmer Canada says the situation will linger for quite some time.
Iran is about to open for business, and the world’s grain traders are lining up.
Record French Wheat Crop Adds to Global Glut as Grain Piles Up
Wheat variety trials from Oklahoma State University (OSU) now include entries with a “D” in the identifier.
Wheat production know-how coupled with precision technology can push yields
Canada’s Wheat Board, which once held a monopoly on export sales of wheat, will be bought by Bunge Ltd. and state-owned Saudi Agricultural & Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), which will acquire a 50.1 percent stake in CWB through a joint venture,
ADM to Use Drones for Crop Insurance Claims After FAA Approval
The CFTC has lodged some interesting allegations against Kraft Food that could have implications for market regulation. “If what the CFTC alleges is true, it kind of challenges the integrity of the entire market,” according to one source cited. “It’s normally the speculative players who get the bad reputation.”
India’s wheat crop may be smaller than the record forecast by the government after hailstorm this month damaged planted areas.
Russian domestic wheat prices have fallen, squeezing farmers who are finding it hard to get this year’s inputs. Some are exiting the business. It could mean a smaller crop and fewer exports in 2015/16.
Proponents of a bill that would designate a Montana state soil are finding it to be a tough row to hoe in the Legislature so far.
In the wheat fields of Kansas, the American dream is still alive.
The failed sale shows how unattractive U.S. grain is to buyers with the dollar near the highest level in more than a decade and ample global inventories.
Constanta, whose natural harbor on the Black Sea has welcomed ships since at least the sixth century B.C., is emerging as Europe’s biggest grain transport hub.
Wuxal Terios from Precision Laboratories delivers seed-applied macro- and micronutrients for wheat and other cereal crops.
In my experience the farmers who start with a detailed crop management plan are the ones who set themselves up for success at harvest.
Wheat fell to the lowest in almost three weeks in Chicago and corn declined amid speculation that tension between Ukraine and Russia will ease, improving the prospects for the Black Sea region’s grain exports.
Ukraine and Russia are still expected to be “major exporters” of grain in the 2014-15 season, even amid political unrest that has embroiled the two countries, Oil World said.
Wheat Quality Council hard winter wheat tour concludes with the lowest estimated production of the Kansas crop since 1996.