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StatsCan Report Projects Major Wheat and Canola Production Declines

Published August 30, 2021

Canadian farmers are projected to harvest more corn for grain, but less wheat, canola, soybeans, barley and oats this year. Lower production numbers are driven largely by ongoing drought conditions in western Canada, which is decreasing yield projections. The latest…

Corn Production Uncertainties Remain Going Into August

Published August 1, 2021

Production uncertainty is leading to marketing hesitancy among grain traders. Van Ahn and Company market analyst Kristi Van Ahn says the biggest uncertainty is Iowa’s corn crop. "Iowa got great rains coming into pollination and then, they went back to…

Large Portion of Crop Acres in the Dakotas are Drought Stricken

Published April 17, 2021

Based on U.S. Drought Monitor data, USDA estimates 75 percent of total spring wheat production falls within a drought area. That includes 98 percent in North Dakota, 62 percent of South Dakota and 36 percent of Minnesota. Eighty-eight percent of…

FSA Continues Work on WHIP+ Program Quality Loss Provisions

Published November 5, 2020

According to North Dakota Senator John Hoeven, the Farm Service Agency is working to complete the implementation process of quality loss coverage under the WHIP+ program. Hoeven met with FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce the first week of November. To complete…

Big U.S. Crop May Offset Concern in Drier Areas

Published August 10, 2020

The latest drought monitor map continues to show the driest areas of Iowa expanding. U.S. Commodities President Don Roose says grain traders think the big crops will offset the dry areas. "We did get some scattered rains across Iowa, but…

Corteva Reports Increase in First Quarter Sales

Published May 8, 2020

Corteva Agriscience is reporting double digit sales and earnings increases over last year in its fiscal 2020 first quarter earnings report. Corteva reported fiscal year 2020 first quarter net earning of $4 billion, a 16 percent increase over 2019. Corteva’s…

Cargill Facilities in China Re-Open

Published March 8, 2020

Cargill says its plants and facilities have re-opened in China following coronavirus-driven shutdowns and quarantines. Cargill says its crop processing, chicken processing plants and financial-market operations have reopened. Cargill says none of its employees are known to have contracted coronavirus,…

Yield is a Dark Horse for the Grain Markets

Published August 1, 2019

Utterback Marketing president Bob Utterback says the grains could stabilize after this latest selloff as traders wait for the August 12 USDA report. "The burden is on the bear to prove acres will be below 3.5 to 4 million," he…

Replant Time is Short for SD Farmers

Published July 5, 2018

The Onida, South Dakota area endured heavy rains and hail in the past couple of weeks. Oahe Grain location manager Tim Luken explains a large area of Sully County is impacted. "Last Wednesday morning, they had a major one that came…

Articles tagged under: crop

StatsCan Report Projects Major Wheat and Canola Production Declines

Corn Production Uncertainties Remain Going Into August

Large Portion of Crop Acres in the Dakotas are Drought Stricken

FSA Continues Work on WHIP+ Program Quality Loss Provisions

Big U.S. Crop May Offset Concern in Drier Areas

Corteva Reports Increase in First Quarter Sales

Cargill Facilities in China Re-Open

Yield is a Dark Horse for the Grain Markets

Replant Time is Short for SD Farmers

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