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​Hard Red Spring wheat ratings in the good to excellent categories dropped from 20% to 16% this week, compared to a five-year average of 66%. ​

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AgDay reporter Betsy Jibben talks with Brian Basting at the Agri Business desk about spring wheat markets.

U.S. Spring Wheat Ratings Surge and Corn's the Best Since 1991

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently approved OpenSky herbicide by Dow AgroSciences. The product targets broadleaf weeds and grasses in wheat and durum fields.

Tomorrow’s USDA report is sure to bring surprises, which means it’ll be an important day to watch the markets.

Indigo Ag, Inc., is launching an on-farm storage program for U.S. farmers to enable identity preservation of corn, soybeans, cotton, wheat and rice.

When crop insurance prices are set March 1, zero in on your marketing plans. If prices come in higher than expected aim for higher marketing goals, whereas if prices come out lower be especially strategic when marketing.

When crop insurance prices are set March 1, zero in on your marketing plans. If prices come in higher than expected aim for higher marketing goals, whereas if prices come out lower be especially strategic when marketing.

The USDA released its acreage forecast.

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.

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

Growers need help because citrus greening has infected more than 80 percent of Florida's citrus trees, according to a recent UF/IFAS survey of growers. Although these two new early Valencias are not resistant to g

Platte River Equity has acquired Tiger-Sul Products, a global leader in sulphur fertilizers and crop performance products, in partnership with existing management. Tiger-Sul was acquired from H.J.

Purdue University Extension specialists are warning growers that the field populations of SCN in Indiana are changing in ways that render the most common source of resistance to SCN (PI88788) less effective.

Many producers question the potential benefits of N fertilizer additives, particularly nitrification and urease inhibitors. Extensive research on these types of products has been conducted throughout the North Central r

Monsanto Company showcased a wide range of agriculture solutions, which are being developed to assist farmers as they work to grow better harvests, protect their crops and deliver more to society. The company highlighte

Guesswork and irrigation are long-time farming partners, but it's a happy-in-hell marriage for many producers. When to turn on the spigot? How much water to deliver? Every farm soaks and dries in isolation because

Manganese deficiency is the most common nutrient deficiency seen in soybeans in Michigan. Because increasing the available manganese levels in the soil is difficult, deficiency symptoms will reoccur in the same areas ea

The driver of a truck loading ethanol was injured. The extent of his injuries and damage to the plant are still being assessed.

DJI launched the Phantom 4, the first consumer quadcopter camera (or "drone") to use highly advanced computer vision and sensing technology to make professional aerial imaging easier for everyone.

Dr. Mark Loux, Ohio State University

Koch Agronomic Services, LLC (Koch), with support from its affiliate, Koch Biological Solutions, LLC, has secured exclusive rights to sell Regalia Rx in the U.S. and Regalia Maxx in Canada. Koch will market and sell the

Belarussian potash producer Belaruskali may export 18 percent less of the crop nutrient in 2016 unless the global economy improves and demand revives, the head of the state-owned company's trading division said on Wedne

The legislative, regulatory and judicial landscape is vastly different from what the agricultural retail industry experienced decades ago. In the past eight years, federal regulators completed hundreds of major rules th

Alltech, guided by its founding ACE principle of positively benefiting the animal, the consumer and the environment, has joined the SFAC. Dr. Mark Lyons, Alltech's global vice president and head of Greater China,

Two Canadian weed scientists recently published a paper ranking their top 10 herbicide-resistant weed management strategies. The following is my paraphrasing of their list:

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems (AUVSI) has analyzed more than 3,000 Section 333 exemptions the FAA granted to U.S. businesses so they can lawfully use drones commercially. First, a broad range of businesse

USDA's small grains summary estimates North Dakota spring wheat production at 319 million bushels, up 9 percent from 2014, and durum wheat production at 42.5 million bushels, up 50 percent. 

See the data, read the biggest news and listen to analysis of the latest collection of major USDA reports.

See the data, read the biggest news and listen to analysis of the latest collection of major USDA reports.

See the data, read the biggest news and listen to analysis of the latest collection of major USDA reports.

Little by little, farmers are getting the information they need to piece together their crop insurance coverage for the coming year.

Transactions will shift next week to the Chicago Board of Trade.

The overall wheat acreage in Canada is up 9.3% from 2012 to 25.9 million acres.

The United States and Canada tend to get along very well — but sometimes even the best of neighbors have disagreements.

The U.S. drought monitor shows a softening drought footprint in areas of the U.S., but unfortunately much of the High Plains and other prime spring wheat production areas are still plagued with severe water deficits.

Wheat growers have two new wheat varieties on the table this year.

"Winter-kill is not the same thing as freeze damage that we occasionally experience in March and April after wheat has broken dormancy and has entered the reproduction stage of development (jointing)," said Dr. Brent Bean, AgriLife Extension agronomist.