Wheat

It’s going to be c-c-c-cold in the Plains and Midwest this weekend. Kait Parker, meteorologist with The Weather Channel, has already been tracking dangerous wind chills as of Thursday, with more expected on the way. Find out which areas are at risk for wheat winterkill if they don’t get adequate snow accumulations ahead of the tumbling temperatures.

In 2016, wheat farmers have seen ugly circumstances, now they’re trying to help the problem by reducing acreage.

Glut has spurred longest slump in decade as growers lose money.

The planted acreage for winter wheat in the U.S. fell to the lowest level since 1909 as farmers from Kansas to Texas faced prospects for declining crop prices, a government report showed. Futures prices climbed in Chicago.

The National Wheat Foundation recently announced the winners of its 2016 National Wheat Yield Contest – the first such challenge in twenty years. This year’s winners captured some truly bin-busting crops.

Australia and Argentina seen producing biggest crop in five years.

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.