Wheat
Winter Wheat Production Up 1 Percent from June Durum Wheat Production Down 25 Percent from 2018 Other Spring Wheat Production Down 8 Percent from 2018 Orange Production Up 1 Percent from June
Add the nation’s wheat farmers to the list of groups President Donald Trump has offended.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Spring wheat production rose 12 million bushels, shocking the marketplace and sending prices lower, says Jerry Gulke of the Gulke Group.