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7 ag stories you might have missed this week - May 5, 2017
Winter wheat buried in snow, Perdue rolls back school nutrition standards and bird flu in Mexico. (audio)Have you been watching the snow melt, sandbagging or watching the weather in hopes of getting...
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Kansas harvest estimated at 281.7 million bushels
Wheat Quality Tour makes calculations based on 469 stops; comes up with average yield of 46.1 bushels per acre.Usually, when the annual Winter Wheat Quality Tour wraps up after three days of surveying...
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Wheat streak outbreak is fodder for research
Full field-scale levels of infection are a treasure trove for researchers who need to collect data on variety resistance and performance.In a modern-day demonstration of the old adage that every cloud...
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Northern Great Plains drought forces farmers to bale their wheat
Farmers conclude that wheat is more valuable as feed than flour.by Sydney Maki and Megan DurisinThe stunted wheat plants on Robert Ferebee’s parched North Dakota farm were in the worst condition he’d...
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Syngenta is on track to deliver hybrid wheat by 2020
This year’s weather, pest challenges provided researchers with multiple opportunities to learn, take notes.Fall is a time of reckoning, discovery, excitement, disappointment and challenge for the...
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Back-to-back 100-bushel wheat years
MU wheat trials find yields exceed 100 bushels with intensive management.Missouri wheat growers may see the second-highest yields on record in 2017. The USDA has the 2017 winter wheat yield forecast at...
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Wheat powerhouse Russia grabbing more customers
Russia expanding market share in China, Indonesia and Japan.by Manisha Jha and Anatoly MedetskyRussia, the world’s biggest wheat exporter, is about to grab even more customers in the fast-growing...
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Massive harvest strains Russia's transportation infrastructure
Grains output may be biggest since USSR collapsed.by Anatoly MedetskyRussia’s massive grains harvest is starting to put a strain on the country’s ability to ship out and store crops.Grains output is...
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State winners in national wheat contest announced
Growers from 27 states entered the contest.The state winners for the 2017 National Wheat Yield Contest have been announced. Growers from 27 states entered the contest, making this the largest listing...
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General Mills contribution supports soil health research on wheat farms
$735,000 contribution brings General Mills investment in soil health to nearly $3 million.A $735,000 contribution to the National Wheat Foundation from General Mills will be used to conduct soil health...
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PFR proven in wheat
See which products and practices have continued to pay off in wheat, year after year.In early 2017, Beck’s Practical Farm Research (PFR)® team introduced the concept of PFR Proven™, a collection of...
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Breakthrough allows wheat stem rust samples to be quickly analyzed
Scientific breakthrough has potential to save crops.In a world first, science has leaped a step ahead of an old foe that has recently re-emerged in some parts of the world, where it has devastated...
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Kansas Wheat Innovation Center completes another greenhouse expansion
The expansion will help researchers take full advantages of wheat advancements.The warm orange glow of the greenhouses at the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center provides a welcoming nightlight to Kimball...
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Will there be wheat? Winter drought reduces wheat stands
Farmers to make tough call over poor wheat crop — fertilize or terminate.Many wheat growers will be making a choice this spring — either apply nitrogen to see if the stands rejuvenate, or terminate the...
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Wheat growers react to TPP agreement
Wheat growers say TPP agreement puts U.S. wheat producers at disadvantage.The 11 countries remaining in the Trans Pacific Partnership have reached an agreement, which the U.S. Wheat Associates (USW)...
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Canada to swap peas for wheat and canola
Pea plantings will probably decline to a seven-year low this spring.by Jen Skerritt Just a few years ago it seemed like Canada’s farmers couldn’t get peas into the ground fast enough, but they’re now...
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Farm Strategy wheat program worked for Sylvan Grove farmer in 2017
Knowing he had high-demand qualities helped John Thaemert sell his wheat at above-market prices.Lincoln County farmer John Thaemert became a believer in the Farm Strategy program, a new initiative to...
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USDA crop progress: Corn pace picks up but remains below average
Planting reaches 17% completion (versus a 27% five-year average), with 3% of the crop emerged.Corn planters have been rolling this past week – but how much progress did they make? According to the...
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U.S. challenges Indian market support for wheat and rice
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer says trading partners must live up to their WTO commitments.U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue have submitted...
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USDA crop progress: Corn progress pushes to 81%
Soybean planting progress passes the halfway mark, with spring wheat reaching 79%.The 2018 planting season started relatively slowly for corn, but the crop has officially caught up to the five-year...
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