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Winds Damage Southern Plains Wheat Crop

Published March 2, 2023

Winds topped 100 miles per hour across parts of the Southern Plains in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas a week ago. Texas Wheat Producers Director of Communications Darby Campsey says the windstorm has affected  the dryland wheat crop. "Our main concern…
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Small Grains Battle Bacterial Leaf Streak

Published January 11, 2023

NDSU Extension Cereal Plant Pathologist Andrew Friskop has three diseases in wheat that he’s worried about. "The most problematic disease in 2022 was bacterial leaf streak followed by scab and fusarium head blight. Most of the head diseases were kept…
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Tight World Wheat Stocks

Published January 7, 2023

The wheat market has had its fair share of issues this past year. North Dakota Wheat Commission Market Devlopment and Research Manager Erica Olson says the global supply and demand situation is holding up. "There are some issues with main…
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Southern Plains Wheat Crop Lags

Published December 23, 2022

Despite recent moisture in the Southern Plains, Oklahoma State University Small Grains Specialist Amanda Silva says the wheat crop is far behind. "People are really excited about all the rain, but unfortunately the Panhandle has not seen as much moisture.…
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USDA Projects Wheat Ending Stocks at a 15 Year-Low

Published November 9, 2022

In the monthly USDA supply and demand report, USDA increased domestic wheat usage five million bushels to 1.09 billion bushels, raised feed usage by seven million bushels and left wheat exports unchanged at 775 million bushels. Ending stocks are forecast…
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Headline Driven Markets

Published October 12, 2022

Following the explosion of a bridge connecting Russia and Crimea, Russia retaliated by bombing civilian areas across Ukraine. StoneX Group Chief Commodities Economist Arlan Suderman says there’s a fear in the marketplace about escalation of this war. "There's been a…
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Iraq to Boost Wheat Acres for 2023

Published October 5, 2022

Iraq plans to plant one million hectares with wheat along with a small amount of barley in its 2022-2023 winter crop planting season, according to a Reuters report. The country harvest 625,000 hectares in the 2021-2022 season. Iraq is a…
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A Small Grain Supply Shock

Published October 3, 2022

North Dakota Wheat Commission Policy and Marketing Director Jim Peterson says the USDA’s Small Grains Summary production forecast caught the market slightly off guard. Expectations were for steady to higher production compared to August. "Based on what we saw with…
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Small Grains Summary

Published September 30, 2022

In USDA’s Small Grains Summary, U.S. wheat production was estimated at 1.65 billion bushels, an increase of one percent from last year. The area harvested for grain is at 35.5 million acres, down four percent from the previous year. Winter…
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Stocks Report Friendly for Corn and Wheat

Published September 30, 2022

In USDA's Quarterly Stocks report, old crop soybean ending stocks declined, but not as much as traders expected. USDA says there were 274 million bushels of soybeans on hand September 1. The average trade guess was closer to 247 million…
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