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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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A Three-Ring Harvest Circus

Published September 29, 2022

Mitchell, South Dakota farmer Chet Edinger is managing what he calls a three-ring circus. "We wanted to have one crew on sunflowers, another on soybeans and one planting wheat, but the sunflowers were still wet. We swapped that machine over…

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ND Grain Growers Association Will Not Rejoin NAWG

Published September 23, 2022

During a September board meeting, the North Dakota Grain Growers Association decided to not rejoin the National Association of Wheat Growers. In an e-mail sent Wednesday, the Grain Growers said they are willing to work with NAWG for the good…

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Seasonal Basis Bids Continue

Published September 23, 2022

Basis bids at the six regional grain elevators followed by the Red River Farm Network are reflecting seasonal harvest bids. Spring wheat bids range from 50 to 98 cents under the December Minneapolis futures contract. Corn basis ranges from 30…

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Better-Than-Average Small Grains Crop

Published September 9, 2022

Syngenta Agronomy Service Representative Wally West says the general consensus about the crop in the Dakotas and Minnesota is better than average. "The heat really didn't turn on through the majority of the spring wheat belt until the crop was…

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Reliability Still a Struggle

Published September 6, 2022

Earlier this year, rail service was backed up for weeks in the Dakotas and Minnesota. North Dakota Wheat Commission Policy and Marketing Director Jim Peterson says the railroads still aren’t close to where they need to be when it comes…

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Fighting Green Wheat Fields

Published August 22, 2022

Colby Kansas-based custom combiner Jim Deibert is harvesting spring wheat in southwestern North Dakota. "We're north of Scranton fighting green all the time. We have fields that are ready and then, you move to another and it's not quite ready.…

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