In late December, northwest Missouri farmer B.J. Bailey was waiting in line at a grain elevator to unload. While hauling off the 2018 crop, he was also looking ahead to 2019鈥檚 crop. He plans to grow some white corn in addition to his yellow corn to get a premium.
More than 90 traders, farmers and other interested parties will head out into the plains of Kansas on Tuesday with the aim of finding out just how tough it鈥檚 really been for this season鈥檚 hard red winter wheat crop.
The stunted wheat plants on Robert Ferebee鈥檚 parched North Dakota farm were in the worst condition he鈥檇 seen in almost three decades. Rather than wait until late July or early August to harvest the crop, Ferebee decided last month to cut his losses and his fields.
For most of the month of October the Minneapolis futures remained in a sideways trading pattern 鈥 mostly between $5.15 to $5.30, according to Erica Olson, marketing specialist for the North Dakota Wheat Commission.
MADISON, Wis. 鈥 Winter-wheat production in Wisconsin is estimated at 19.8 million bushels, up 27 percent from 2015, according to the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service鈥檚 Small Grains 2016 Summary.
Using certified seed and optimal seed rates can lead to positive gains in yield as well as a farmer's bottom line, according to Troy Sayler, wheat technical project manager for WestBred Wheat.
GALATA, Mont. 鈥 Hi-Line farmer Brian Aklestad is cutting barley, 鈥渉opefully malt barley.鈥
Kansas was given the nickname 鈥淲heat State鈥 for good reason. The state鈥檚 wheat history goes back to 1839, which pre-dates their 1861 Statehood. For decades Kansas led the nation in annual wheat production.
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