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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Wheat”
Announcing the winners in a sorghum industry contest. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. National Sorghum Producers announced the winners of the 2022 Sorghum Yield Contest. This year’s Bin Buster Award winners are Brant and Amy Peterson of Winsome Farms in Kansas. They had the top yield in the contest at 245.8 bushels per acre. “National Sorghum Producers …
The grain trade could be fairly active over the next few days. Mark Oppold explains why analysts feel this is a possibility.
A virus could help fight fungus on wheat. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. A naturally occurring virus co-discovered by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists may offer a way to undermine a costly fungal threat to wheat, barley, and other small-grain crops. The fungus is the chief culprit behind a disease called Fusarium head blight, or “scab.” …
With the 2022 growing season wrapping up, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is busy contacting producers to gather final year-end crop production numbers and the amount of grain and oilseeds stored on their farms. Plus, NASS is surveying grain facility operators to determine year-end grain and oilseed stocks. “These surveys are the basis for the official USDA estimates of production …
We talk a lot about food safety when it comes to things like poultry, but how about flour? That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The holiday season to many of us means baking. Did you know it is possible to get Salmonella and E. coli. from raw flour? Flour is a raw powder made by processing raw grains grown in fields. …
The Black Sea Grain deal, a global food lifeline and key for world fertilizer supplies is being extended for several more months. The grain initiative was set to expire last weekend in what could have been another tragic consequence of Russia’s war against Ukraine, risking starvation in much of the developing world. At an APEC summit in Thailand, Secretary of …
Various factors are closely being watch this week in the grain trade. Mark Oppold has more information about the trade for this holiday shortened week.
With a holiday period nearing, markets are once again experiencing a lack of fresh news. Mark Oppold has this report.
As we near the end of another year, many traders continue to watch how certain agricultural commodities are performing. Mark Oppold has an update on which ones are doing well at this time.
With crop reports coming out yesterday and Tuesday’s election results still up in the air for some states, there is a lot of uncertainty right now. And as Mark Oppold reports, the markets don’t like that.
