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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: Pacific Northwest Crops Baking in the Field – DTN Jul 7, 2021
Winter and spring white wheat — used in products such as cakes, cookies and pastries — is getting baked this summer, but not in kitchens. The crops are getting baked […]
Hard Red Winter Wheat Farmers Looking for Rain Apr 16, 2021
The 2021/22 U.S. hard red winter (HRW) wheat crop is developing under a range of conditions. However, rain makes grain, so anxious farmers are looking for clouds on the horizon. […]
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 […]
Wheat: Dry Weather, Freezing Temps Challenge HRW Crop Apr 30, 2020
The condition of the U.S. hard red winter (HRW) wheat crop is not improving. Farmers – and the markets – are concerned about the threats to yield potential from wide-spread April freezes […]
Spring Wheat Tour Kicks Off in North Dakota – Day 1 – DTN Jul 26, 2018
The Wheat Quality Council’s Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour kicked off Tuesday with scouts fanning out across the southern half of North Dakota, southwestern Minnesota and northeast and north-central […]
Texas Wheat: Dryland Crop Hanging On; Root Development Is Key Apr 16, 2018
The dryland wheat crop is hanging on by a thread, of sorts. Thread-like roots developed last fall from the wheat seed have reached deep into the soil profile to tap […]
HRW Wheat: Stripe Rust Coming on Strong in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma – DTN May 4, 2015
Stunned is how Jim Shroyer said he felt at times as he evaluated fields of wheat during a drive across Kansas on Interstate 70 earlier this week. Shroyer said the […]
Welch on Wheat: Crop Condition Down Apr 7, 2015
Market Situation Crop Progress: USDA released its first wheat condition survey of 2015 this week. In late November the crop condition score was 360, just above an average index of […]
Welch on Wheat: Reports Mostly in Line with Expectations Mar 31, 2015
Market Situation Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks. The planting intentions report for wheat shows 55.4 million acres of all classes, down 1.3 million acres from last year and just below […]
