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Late-Seed Crops Helped by the Recent Moisture

Published June 28, 2023

The recent moisture has been beneficial for Brian Boll's later-planted spring wheat. “In some of the sandier fields, wheat is six inches tall, brown and headed out, but our later-seeded stuff looks pretty good." The soybeans on Boll's Crookston farm…

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Not Counting Out the Wheat

Published June 28, 2023

Despite limited moisture this spring, Red River Sales and Agronomy sales agronomist Leah Johnson is pleased with the crop conditions in the Elbow Lake, Minnesota area. Wheat has seen the most stress this year, but Johnson isn't ready to give…

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Pastures Green Back Up

Published June 27, 2023

Rains brought new life to pastures and crops near Shevlin, Minnesota. “The rain we got definitely shaped things up, it was spotty and varied in amount," said Ryan Holm. "We were about an inch-and-a-half in our area, but some areas…

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An Uneven Crop

Published June 26, 2023

Rock and Roll Agronomy owner Jason Hanson, who is based at Webster, North Dakota, is looking at very uneven heading in the wheat crop. "It's not the crop we’d like to see. In ten-inch row spacing you can still see…

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Variable

Published June 19, 2023

Variable seems to be the word of the season so far. For Matthew Krueger at East Grand Forks, the fields that have seen moisture look great, but rainfall has been hard to come by. “We have some fields that received…

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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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