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Healthy Spring Wheat Crop Expected

Published July 28, 2022

The Wheat Quality Council Spring Wheat Tour three-day average yield for spring wheat at 49.1 bushels per acre. The average yield for durum is at 39 bushels an acre. North Dakota Wheat Commission Market Development and Research Manager Erica Olson…

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Heat Stress Hits Winter Wheat

Published July 24, 2022

The winter wheat harvest is well underway in South Dakota. South Dakota State University Extension Agronomist Jonathan Kleinjan says some parts of the crop suffered from heat stress. "I had a producer call me from Onida saying he was disappointed…

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Crop Scouts to Evaluate HRSW Crop

Published July 19, 2022

The Wheat Quality Council’s Spring Wheat Tour will cover routes in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. While crop scouts will survey crop conditions, WQC Executive Director Dave Green sees the tour as an educational experience for tour participants. "We…

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USDA Forecasting Average Spring Wheat Crop for ND

Published July 18, 2022

During an NDSU Extension monthly ag markets webinar, Extension Crops Economist Frayne Olson reviewed the USDA Supply and Demand Report. Olson says there were no major surprises. "We got new information about spring planted wheat. The size of the projected…

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Stats Can: Fewer Canola Acres Planted, More Spring Wheat and Durum

Published July 6, 2022

Statistics Canada says Canadian farmers planted more spring wheat and durum than last year. Spring wheat acres total 18.2 million, that's 1.7 million more than last year and 580,000 more than the April estimate. At 6 million, durum acres are…

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Spring Wheat Planting Window Closing

Published June 6, 2022

It's getting late to plant spring wheat in the Northern Plains. Spring wheat planting in North Dakota, the nation’s largest spring wheat producing state, is at 74 percent complete. According to the USDA, that's an increase of 15 percentage points…

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Uncertainty Surrounds Spring Wheat Acres

Published May 27, 2022

The wheat acreage mix is an unknown in the United States with prevented plant playing a role. Global Commodity Analytics and Consulting President Mike Zuzolo says traders are very unsure about acres. "I think the market is very nervous post…

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Wet Conditions in NE South Dakota

Published May 18, 2022

South Dakota Wheat Commission Executive Director Reid Christopherson says wet conditions remain in the northeastern part of the state. "It looks like an extension of the Red River Valley. It's still very wet and if those acres get seeded, they…

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Delayed Planting Concern

Published May 14, 2022

North Dakota Wheat Commission Market Development and Research Manager Erica Olson says most of the spring wheat planting is happening in the western part of North Dakota. "They haven't received the moisture. Further east and in the central part of…

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Spring Wheat Yield Potential is Declining

Published May 10, 2022

It’s getting late for spring wheat planting in northern Minnesota. University of Minnesota Extension Small Grains Agronomist Jochum Wiersma says the yield potential is declining a half a bushel-to-one bushel per day if wheat is planted past the recommended planting…

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