Crops Articles
No Big Winner in 2022 Acreage Battle Yet
Published November 11, 2021
Minneapolis wheat led the grain market higher this week. Van Ahn and Company market analyst Kristi Van Ahn thinks spring wheat is trying to secure acres. "We're trying to decipher what we'll have for acres with fertilizer prices as high…Corn Yields Decent Despite Drought
Published November 10, 2021
In Arvilla, North Dakota, Columbia Grain site manager Tyler Stegman says nearly all of the area farmers are done with corn harvest. "It's been a strong push. Farmers are glad to be done. From what we're seeing, farmers are happy…A Corn Harvest Snapshot
Published November 10, 2021
Corn harvest is nearing completion in the Northern Plains. It’s been a quick harvest for Mahnomen, Minnesota farmer Blair Hoseth. Corn harvest wrapped up in mid-October, leaving plenty of time to get fall fieldwork done. "We ended up going in…Durum Growers Reflect on 2021 Growing Season
Published November 10, 2021
The U.S. Durum Growers Association’s Crop Outlook and International Durum Forum happened this past week in Minot, North Dakota. Association First Vice President and Portal, North Dakota farmer Jordon Hawbaker said growers took a look back at 2021 durum production.…Rain Makes Grain
Published November 10, 2021
Coleharbor, North Dakota farmer Paul Anderson is done with corn harvest for the year. "Our later planted corn did the best when compared with the earlier planted corn," says Anderson. "We had a strange year. There was a dry period…Minnesota Wheat Minute
Published November 10, 2021
The Prairie Grains Conference is coming up on December 8-9, 2021. Minnesota Wheat Executive Director Charlie Vogel previews the event. Hear more in this week's Minnesota Wheat Minute.WASDE Report Boosted Soybean Carryout
Published November 10, 2021
The trade was queued up for a bearish report for soybeans, but as the USDA numbers came out Tuesday morning soybeans went from six cents lower-to-52 cents higher. USDA increased the soybean carryout by 20 million bushels, but cut the…A Small Increase in Corn Production
Published November 10, 2021
U.S. corn production is forecast at 15.1 billion bushels, up less than one percent from October. Yields are record high at 177 bushels per acre, up half-a-bushel from last month. The statewide averages for corn yields were 186 bushels per…Fall Rains Replenish Soil Moisture
Published November 8, 2021
Drought conditions are improving across much of the Dakotas and Minnesota. In the last three months, six to 10 inches of rain fell in eastern North Dakota into northern Minnesota. There are even higher rainfall totals measured from northeastern South…