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Small Grains Update Meetings This Week

Published January 2, 2025

The 2025 Small Grains Update Meetings are on the schedule this week. "The biggest thing is to find out what's going on with wheat, corn, and soybeans," said Minnesota Wheat Executive Director Brian Sorenson. "It's a great opportunity to not…

Uncertainty Heading Into 2025

Published December 30, 2024

As 2025 approaches, farmers are weighing multiple factors from crop quality to policy changes. "It's probably been a little more unique this year than other years, "said Andrew Schultz, sales manager, CHS Ag Services. Because of the price uncertainties, Schultz…

U.S. Grain Markets Face Uncertainty

Published December 27, 2024

With all the uncertainties facing U.S. grains markets in 2025, strong trade relations are more important than ever. "With soybeans, you consider the fact that over half of what's produced is exported and these markets took years to develop, we're…

Grains Markets Face Headwinds in New Year

Published December 26, 2024

The grains markets face an uphill battle going into 2025. However, University of Minnesota Grain Market Economist Ed Usset sees some upside in the corn and wheat markets. The soybean markets are a different story. "The problem is there are…

Brazil to Double Soybean Processing

Published December 26, 2024

Brazil is significantly expanding its soybean processing capacity to meet rising demand for biodiesel. This rapid growth, nearly double the rate of the previous three years, is driven by Brazil's 'Fuel of the Future' law, which mandates increasing the vegetable…

New Phytophtora Strain Identified

Published December 19, 2024

NDSU Extension Soybean Pathologist Wade Webster spoke at Central Dakota Ag Day providing an update on soybean diseases like Sudden Death Syndrome. "It is a major disease issue and probably one of the most yield-reducing diseases so we're trying to…

Weather Setbacks for Soybean Variety Trials

Published December 12, 2024

The University of Minnesota soybean variety trials faced weather-related losses. UM Professor of Agronomy and Plant Genetics Aaron Lorenz was still able to get data from the surviving plots. "Yields were down overall this year because of the very wet…

Record Soybean Acres in ND

Published December 12, 2024

At NDSU Extension's Getting it Right in Soybean Production webinar, North Dakota Soybean Council Research Programs Coordinator Miki Miheguli spoke about the increase in soybean production in North Dakota. "From the 1980s to 2020, soybean acres and yields have steadily…

Trade War Fears

Published December 5, 2024

The majority of the soybeans exported out of North Dakota end up in China. A potential trade war could jeopardize that. "We've seen tariffs on soybeans before," said Jena Bjertness, director of market development, North Dakota Soybean Council. "Looking at…

NDSU Extension Launches “Getting it Right” Series with Soybean Seminar

Published December 4, 2024

NDSU Extension is kicking off its Getting it Right series with soybeans on December 10 from 8:30 to 12pm. Extension Agronomist for Broadleaf Crops Ana Carcedo says the seminar has an all-star cast of presenters. "This year we have amazing…

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Small Grains Update Meetings This Week

Uncertainty Heading Into 2025

U.S. Grain Markets Face Uncertainty

Grains Markets Face Headwinds in New Year

Brazil to Double Soybean Processing

New Phytophtora Strain Identified

Weather Setbacks for Soybean Variety Trials

Record Soybean Acres in ND

Trade War Fears

NDSU Extension Launches “Getting it Right” Series with Soybean Seminar

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