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What Lessons Can Be Learned from Quality Issues?

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Farmers experienced several quality issues with the 2019 crop. So, what lessons can be learned from this? The two major small grain disease issues farmers faced in 2019 were bacterial leaf streak and scab, according to NDSU Extension cereal crops…

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USDA Releases Updated Baseline Projections

Published February 17, 2020

USDA has released the long-term baseline projections for grains and livestock. Mostly stable prices are expected over the next decade, however the average prices are expected to be below the 2010-2019 period and above the 2000-2009 time period. The corn…

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Deibert: Fewer Wheat Acres Expected in 2020

Published February 2, 2020

Past president and USCHI board advisor Jim Deibert says the 2019 harvest season was one for the record books. "My favorite day was the last one. We had trouble in Texas and North Dakota with wet weather. There were some…

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What Will the 2020 Wheat Crop Look Like?

Published February 2, 2020

While custom harvesters attend educational seminars, discussions always come back to the next crop. U.S. Custom Harvesters Incorporated board member David Misener says there is some optimism about the wheat crop in Oklahoma this year. "There was a lot of…

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USMCA is a “Big Deal” for U.S. Wheat Industry

Published January 29, 2020

U.S. Wheat Associates President Vince Peterson attended Wednesday's U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement signing ceremony. "It was a nice cap off for 2.5 years of very painful negotiations. The USMCA is a big deal for us in the U.S. wheat industry. It caused…

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Wheat Market Shows Strength on Tuesday

Published January 21, 2020

The wheat complex ended higher on Tuesday. Zaner Ag Hedge Chief Marketing Strategist Ted Seifried says wheat has had many reasons to go higher since last September. "There are production issues happening in many parts of the world. Wheat is…

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Winter Wheat Seeding Lower

Published January 10, 2020

USDA says winter wheat seeded area for 2020 is forecast at 30.8 million acres, down one percent from 2019 and slightly higher than trade guesses. Hard red winter seedings are down three percent from last year and soft red acres…

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Slightly Higher Corn Yields in USDA Report

Published January 10, 2020

USDA is estimating 2019 corn yields at 168 bushels an acre. That's at the high end of trade estimates and a slight increase from last month. The U.S. soybean yield estimate is at 47.4 bushels an acre, a half a…

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Lower Ending Stocks Noted in Report

Published January 10, 2020

USDA January Supply and Demand report is estimating corn ending stocks at 1.89 billion bushels, down from 1.9 billion in December. Soybean ending stocks are estimated at 475 million bushels, unchanged from December and wheat ending stocks are estimated at…

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Wheat Outlook Stable

Published January 10, 2020

USDA’s wheat outlook is for stable supplies, better feed and residual use and lower ending stocks. USDA raised feed and residual use by 10 million bushels on lower than expected second quarter stock. USDA lowered wheat ending stocks nine million…

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