Tag: spring wheat
Crop Progress: Corn Planting Moves Towards Finish Line – DTN Jun 3, 2020
U.S. corn planting steadily moved toward the finish line while soybean planting reached the three-quarters finished mark last week, USDA NASS said in its weekly Crop Progress report on Monday. […]
Spring Wheat Planting Progress Varies with Regional Conditions May 14, 2020
U.S. wheat farmers across the Northern Plains are hard at work trying to plant spring wheat for the 2020 harvest. Their efforts depend on widely varying regional conditions so many […]
Spring Wheat: Market Betting on Lower Prices – DTN May 12, 2020
In a year dominated by coronavirus concerns, it has been difficult to find a grain price with much bullish potential. One of the first things I look for when prices […]
Wheat: USDA Predicts Slight Decline in U.S. Spring Wheat Planted Area Apr 3, 2020
According to the March 31 USDA Prospective Plantings report, U.S. total spring-planted wheat area is expected to fall to 12.6 million acres (5.1 million hectares), down 1 percent from 2019/20, if realized. […]
Grain Stocks: All Down from 2019 – USDA Mar 31, 2020
Corn stocks in all positions on March 1, 2020 totaled 7.95 billion bushels, down 8 percent from March 1, 2019. Of the total stocks, 4.45 billion bushels were stored on […]
Nebraska: Should I Consider Spring Wheat in My Cropping System? Mar 2, 2020
In Southwest and Western Nebraska, winter wheat was originally grown in a winter wheat-summer fallow rotation. Beginning in the 1970’s winter wheat was included in Ecofarming rotations with no-till corn […]
Crop Progress: Corn, Soybean Harvest Slowest in a Decade – DTN Oct 22, 2019
The U.S. corn and soybean harvest made some headway last week but is the slowest it’s been since 2009, according to USDA NASS’ latest Crop Progress report released Monday. As […]
Wheat: Wet Conditions Stalling Harvest, Quality Concerns – DTN Oct 8, 2019
The 2019 spring wheat and durum planting season was stalled by late-spring snow, along with constant rains in some of the key growing areas of the Northern Plains. Fast forward […]
Crop Progress: Conditions Stable, Harvest Still Significantly Behind Pace – DTN Sep 17, 2019
U.S. corn and soybean conditions held mostly steady last week, but both crops are still significantly behind the average pace in reaching maturity, according to USDA NASS’ latest Crop Progress […]
USDA Weekly Crop Progress – Crop Condition at 6-Year Low – DTN Sep 10, 2019
Corn condition, which is already at a six-year low, dropped last week, according to USDA NASS’ latest Crop Progress report released Monday. NASS estimated that, as of Sunday, Sept. 8, […]