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How is Your Wheat Crop Shaping Up?
We are curious. With the freezing temperatures last week (plus snow and freeze in the forecast for April 18-19), and drought conditions all season long…just how does your wheat crop look? If you could take the survey at this link … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 wheat crop, 2013 wheat freeze, crop condition, crop conditions, freeze, Kansas, Kansas Wheat, wheat, wheat harvest, wheat quality, world supply and demand
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USDA’s Report Gives Puzzling Mixed Signals
Dan Maltby, principal of Dan Maltby Risk Management of Minneapolis, has made a career of grain tradinng, and offers unique insight into the commodities markets. In this era of volatile markets, his insight is more crucial than ever. We thought your … Continue reading
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Tagged corn, dan maltby, feed wheat, grain markets, grain trade, Kansas Wheat, USDA, wheat, wheat feed, world supply and demand
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The Buzz
Construction, Exports, New Uses and a Barton County Land Sale. If you’ve been wondering where “The Buzz” has gone to; well, we’ve been busy. Not that there’s been any shortage of wheat- or Kansas-related ag news. One thing we’ve had our … Continue reading
The Buzz: wheat woes in Argentina; a nuclear approach to GM crops and Cheyenne County land.
There’s no doubt that the U.S. has plenty of competition when it comes to growing wheat: Australia, Canada, the former Soviet Union all grows prolific quantities of the world’s most consumed cereal grain. The thought that “Anyone can grow wheat” … Continue reading
USDA Forecasts 387 Million Bushel Kansas Crop
In its May 10 Crops Report, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated the Kansas winter wheat crop will total 387 million bushels, which – if realized - would be up 40% from last year and the highest total since 2003. The … Continue reading
2012 Wheat Tour: Day Three
Aaron Harries, Kansas Wheat’s Marketing Director, reports from Kansas City: More than 100 participants of the annual Wheat Quality Tour anticipate the 2012 Kansas wheat crop will total 403,933,601 bushels, and average about 49.1 bushels per acre. Those are the … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, agronomy, crop condition, dryness, Kansas, Kansas Wheat, wheat, wheat harvest, wheat quality, Wheat Quality Council, world supply and demand
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The Buzz
We meet the new Hays wheat breeder, celebrate Wellington’s ’Kansas Wheat Festival’ and follow-up on an Ellis County land sale. Immediately after World War II, the U.S. played a major role in rebuilding Japan. In the course of doing so, we introduced a … Continue reading
The Buzz
A rain in the Plains falls gently on the grain; Lane Co. land values and record farm incomes. Big news in the wheat trade this week is that Iran has bought nearly 120,000 tons of U.S. Hard Red Winter wheat, its … Continue reading
The Buzz
Ag Week, Awesome Ale and a Good Time in Wellington. We’re wrapping up “National Ag Week” today, and the Kansas Department of Agriculture has just issued a report that says agricultural exports from this state reached a new record high in … Continue reading
Wheat Grower Groups Call for Open Trade Between U.S., Canada
Most wheat growers should know by now that in December, the Canadian Wheat Board was forced to disband the Canadian Parliament. Thus, the CWB will lose its grain marketing monopoly beginning Aug. 1. This should allow western Canadian farmers to sell … Continue reading
