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Tag: Tim Dufault
If Growers Plant Less Spring Wheat in 2022, What Crops Might Replace It? – DTN Apr 4, 2022
The USDA Prospective Plantings report on March 31 was the first official, survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ 2022 planting intentions. NASS’ acreage estimates are based on surveys conducted during the […]
Wheat Quality Council Tour Begins – DTN Jul 27, 2021
The Wheat Quality Council tour will take place starting Tuesday, July 27, when scouts head out across the state, following eight standard routes beginning and ending in Fargo, North Dakota, […]
Wheat: Time to Give Spring Wheat Its Last Rites? – DTN Jun 22, 2021
A few weeks ago, on June 1, I did a story titled “Is Spring Wheat on Life Support?” (here) and just a few weeks later many farmers in the severe […]
Wheat: Crop Fared Better Than 2019, Yields Varied by Planting Date – DTN Sep 23, 2020
Spring wheat planting was adversely affected in the spring of 2020, especially in eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Many producers had to deal with overly wet field conditions and […]
Spring Wheat Tour Goes Virtual Due to Coronavirus – DTN Jul 28, 2020
As harvest time approaches for the United States spring wheat and durum crops, domestic and international customers are anxious to get the latest crop information. Because the 2020 Wheat Quality […]
Soybeans: How Bad Was the 2020 Season? – Farmer Commentary – DTN Dec 4, 2019
Normally, I would have written a soybean harvest story in late October. This year, however, soybean harvest was very late for many and, in fact, is still not 100% finished. […]
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 […]
Midwest Planting – Weather Persevered but So Did Farmers – DTN Jun 25, 2019
Two months ago, I wrote a story titled “Lack of 2019 Spring Wheat Planting: Time to Push the Panic Button Yet?” I told farmers and elevator managers who contributed to […]
Upper Midwest Drought: Mixed Conditions Affected Crop Yield and Quality – DTN Oct 31, 2017
North and South Dakota and parts of northwestern Minnesota suffered severe drought conditions this past summer — some areas more extreme than others — during critical growth stages for corn, […]
Wheat Harvest: Midwest, Plains Drought Harms Yield and Quality – DTN Aug 22, 2017
As the U.S. spring wheat harvest nears the halfway point, producers from around the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains are reporting a wide range of yields, protein levels and grain […]
