Taking Advantage of an Early Start
Randy Melvin, who farms at Buffalo, North Dakota, is off to a good start with planting. "Any time you can get going in April, I count it as a victory because over the last 25 years we've had very few…
Articles tagged under: April
April USDA Report May Not Get Much Attention
USDA will release the April World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate or WASDE report on Friday. Chiodo Commodities President Marc Chiodo is unsure how much attention this report will get. "I don't see a lot of rhyme or reason as…
No Surprises in April Supply/Demand Report
In the April supply/demand report, USDA reduced U.S. wheat feed and residual use by 10 million bushels and lowered exports by 20 million bushels. That resulted a 31.5 million bushel increase in wheat ending stocks, and carryout is estimated at…
Another Winter Storm to Impact the Midwest
Yet another winter storm is set to hit parts of the Great Plains and Midwest tomorrow and Thursday. Weather forecasters are calling for blizzard conditions and one to two feet of a snow in the same area that flooded in…
Warm and Wet Weather Forecast for April
It’s beginning to feel and look more like spring outside, and farmers are starting to prepare for the 2019 planting season. According to Nutrien Ag Solutions Senior Atmospheric Scientist Eric Snodgrass, this April will be much different than last year.…
USDA Lowers Global Ending Stocks
USDA lowered global ending stocks of corn and soybeans in the April Supply and Demand report. Global corn supply is lowered seven million tonnes to 1.3 million tonnes and soybean ending stocks are down 600,000 tonnes to 174 million tonnes…
