Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “Wheat, and especially grain, have become valuable sources of foreign capital in a sanctions-hit economy. Some even anticipate Russian grain becoming the Kremlin’s new oil — a commodity through which to keep some countries dependent on its resources — or to at […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “I am already looking forward to the next [year]. Cautiously. Hopefully wiser. Praying for rain. For more understanding. Thankful for what we have, have had, and will have. That this one is behind us, and better times are on the horizon. We’ll […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “We need moisture.” – Glen Squires, Chief Executive Officer, Washington Grain Commission, in an article by the Associated Press on how drought in eastern Washington state has cut soft white wheat production and created concerns about the next crop. Borlaug Global Rust […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “The overall sentiment is not great, but they are farmers, so they are thinking next year is going to be better.” – Casey Chumrau, Executive Director, Idaho Wheat Commission, describing the farming community’s outlook. Read more. U.S. Millers Weigh in on Drought […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “It was just an excellent wheat crop. On our farm, we had the best wheat … we’ve ever had. It was a challenging harvest, between the [rain] showers, but the quality held up and our test weight stayed above 58. The genetics […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “We know what the [world] population is expected to grow to, and … they are … going to eat more so we need to improve our grain yield by 1.4% to 1.7% annually. And currently in the Great Plains, the breadbasket of […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “I don’t think anybody is expecting to see anything that is above average, for certain. Average would be ambitious. We’re probably looking at below-average overall. As an industry, agriculture has a huge ripple effect down the supply chain. You need to have […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “Jumping from colder than usual temperatures to high heat, crop conditions are unlikely to stay this favorable for long, especially if drought conditions worsen. These weather shocks are likely to impact estimates for crop supply in the 2021/22 marketing year as demand […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “The drought monitor has been around for more than two decades, and we have only seen four springs where we’ve seen more than 40% drought coverage in the lower 48 states. For the record, those years were 2000, 2003, and then in […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “[A new genetic discovery] will make a big difference for producers, because it will result in our Wheat Improvement Team releasing varieties that are better adapted to their production system.” – Amanda de Oliveira Silva, Oklahoma State University Extension Small Grains Specialist, […]