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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.

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.

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Sudan’s liberalized bread prices this year may affect trade.

Winter wheat moving again to Gulf Coast export facilities

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

Spring wheat production rose 12 million bushels, shocking the marketplace and sending prices lower, says Jerry Gulke of the Gulke Group.

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

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.

Variety selection can play a huge role in yield and premiums