Crops Articles
Dicamba Use Back in Court
Published June 12, 2020
An emergency order was filed Thursday night asking the courts to end the use of Xtendi Max, Engenia and FeXapan and hold EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in contempt of court for allowing farmers and custom applicators to use the dicamba…All Eyes on ND Prevent Plant
Published June 11, 2020
Total Farm Marketing Senior Market Advisor Naomi Blohm says the one thing the grain markets aren’t picking up on yet is North Dakota’s prevent plant. "The crop was late to get planted, because harvest was late. The most recent crop…No More Re-Surveys Expected for 2019 Crop
Published June 11, 2020
May is the last time the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service will re-survey North Dakota farmers on the 2019 crop. According to North Dakota State Statistician Darin Jantzi, the USDA could make a revision to the 2019 estimates. If so,…USDA Releases Re-Survey Data on 2019 ND Production
Published June 11, 2020
Based on updated information from a re-survey of North Dakota farmers in May, USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service estimates North Dakota 2019 corn production at 410 million bushels, down nine percent from 2018. The corn yield is estimated at 131…Attention Shifts to USDA’s June Acreage Report
Published June 11, 2020
Northern Crops Marketing and Investments President Brad Paulson says traders are now turning their attention to the acreage report at the end of June. “We’ll see what USDA does with ethanol demand and the acreage will be a big deal,…World Wheat Supplies Surprising in June USDA Report
Published June 11, 2020
World wheat supplies were the biggest surprise in the June USDA Supply and Demand report. USDA pegged world wheat supplies for the 2020/2021 marketing year at 316.1 million metric tons. That comes on a 4.2 million tonne increase in production…South American Corn Production Unchanged in June USDA Report
Published June 11, 2020
USDA raised left South America’s corn production unchanged with Brazil’s crop pegged at 101 million tonnes and Argentina’s corn crop at 50 million tonnes. Globally, old crop soybeans were estimated at 99.2 million tonnes, down from 100.3 million in May.…Small Changes Made to Wheat in June USDA Report
Published June 11, 2020
USDA raised wheat carryout by five million bushels and increased new crop wheat production by 11 million bushels, with total wheat supply pegged at three billion bushels. New crop U.S. wheat ending stocks increased 16 million bushels to 925 million…Neutral Report for Soybeans
Published June 11, 2020
As expected, the USDA left U.S. new crop soybean production unchanged at 4.1 billion bushels, with the average yield estimated at 49.8 bushels per acre. Soybean acreage is estimated at 83.5 million. New crop soybean ending stocks are lower than…