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Wheat Researcher Says Stem-Rust Disease Is Spreading

Mar 21, 2016

WASHINGTON (FERN's Ag Insider) - This week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $24 million grant to Cornell University, funding a global wheat research group, known as Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat. The aim is to develop new ...

Tags: Stem-Rust Disease, Wheat

Wasde: U. S. Corn Crop Second Largest Ever in 2016

Dec 15, 2015

U.S. farmers will harvest 13.9 billion bushels of corn, the second-largest crop ever, and 3.785 billion bushels of soybeans next year, USDA said in its first projections of the new crop. The new crops would follow three years of bumper ...

Tags: corn, wheat, soybeans

USDA: Soybean Harvest Speeds up, Corn Slows

Oct 13, 2015

The U.S. soybean harvest speeds ahead of a five-year pace, while corn picking lags behind. Meanwhile, crop conditions remain little to shout about, according to the USDA. Both harvest completion percentages are well below the ...

Tags: corn, soybeans, wheat

Kansas Wheat Tour Intends to Give Participants a Crash Course in Wheat Production

May 8, 2015

A record turnout for the annual Wheat Quality Council Winter Wheat Tour of Kansas will see a wide variety of wheat conditions over the three-day tour. That's according to Aaron Harries, director of research at the Kansas Wheat Commission ...

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Corn Planting Encounters Weather Window

Apr 28, 2015

Another week of spring planting's come and gone, and the last 7 days saw farmers make a much bigger stride with corn planting than the previous 2 weeks, and that speedy pace is expected to last through at least the next week, forecasters ...

Tags: Corn, Agriculture

Plains Drought

Apr 14, 2015

Wheat futures told the story best early Monday morning: An 11-cent drop in the nearby futures contract in overnight trading was a surefire sign that it rained in the Plains . . . or that the trade thinks it did. Rain did fall, but it ...

Tags: drought, Plains

Farmers "Just Hanging on" as Crop Potential Spirals

Apr 8, 2015

Monday's USDA Crop Progress report showed more than 40% of the nation's winter wheat crop in good or excellent condition. Yet many wheat farmers say their wheat acres are in trouble as the drought continues its onslaught in areas where ...

Tags: Wheat Wrap, farmers, Agriculture

The Winter Wheat Crop in Parts of The Plains Is Falling in Quality

Apr 8, 2015

The winter wheat crop in parts of the Plains is falling in quality while farmers are seeing delays in the mid-South as corn-planting fights to move north into the Midwest, where another set of weather challenges and potential delays could ...

Tags: National Agricultural Statistics Service, Warm temperatures, Agriculture

Ammoth U. S. Corn, Soy Crops on Horizon in Spite of USDA Tweaks

Feb 19, 2015

U.S. farmers could harvest their second-largest soybean crop and the number three corn crop under the revised planting projections released by USDA at its Outlook Forum. When the projected plantings are combined with USDA's projected ...

Tags: Agriculture, Soybean

Rains Continue to Criss-Cross The Midwest and Mid-South

Oct 16, 2014

Rains continue to criss-cross the Midwest and mid-South, forcing even more corn and soybean harvest delays. And, the trend's expected to stay in place for the next couple of weeks, forecasters say. After rainfall this week that addded to ...

Tags: Rains, Harvest Progress, Food

A Weather Window's Expected to Stay Open Through The Next Few Days

Sep 25, 2014

With a few exceptions from minor rainfall in spots in the Corn Belt, a weather window's expected to stay open through the next few days, allowing corn harvest to advance and soybean drydown to continue. Meanwhile, the drier pattern will ...

Tags: Weather, Harvest, Agriculture

The Crop Weather World

Jul 3, 2014

Continued rainfall in the east-central Plains and northwestern Corn Belt in the U.S. is just one of several moisture extremes making weather headlines as the week begins. The rain is falling in spots where it's badly needed, and it's ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food

Farmers Got 10% of The Nation's Corn Crop Planted in The Last Week

May 7, 2014

Farmers got 10% of the nation's corn crop planted in the last week. That's not bad considering the cool, damp conditions up to this week, but it's still well off the normal pace, according to Monday's weekly USDA-NASS Crop Progress report. ...

Tags: corn crop, Corn Planting

Corn Planting Remains Behind The Normal Pace

Apr 24, 2014

Corn planting remains behind the normal pace, though a weather window may be opening this week to allow farmers to play a little much needed catch-up. As of Sunday, 6% of the nation's crop was planted vs. the usual 14% for this point in ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food

Chat Rainfall and Chances for More in The Wheat Belt

Apr 22, 2014

Some rain fell in the parched Plains over the weekend, but it fell short of earlier expectations, while planters finally started rolling in earnest in the Midwest. However, more rain in that region this week -- though needed -- could keep ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food, weather

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