WHEAT
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT An August both good and bad
This is perfect weather to harvest wheat. The days are long, warm and dry, with little wind. On a recent trip through northeast North Dakota, I saw dozens of combines roaring through wheat fields. Ch...
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:53 AM
Demand drives markets higher
Wheat traded mixed last week with winter wheat exchanges gaining ground while Minneapolis drifted lower. For the week ending April 26, May Minneapolis dropped 23.25 cents, May Chicago was 10.25 cents higher, and May Kansas City was 13.25 cents higher. Weather was the main driver in all exchanges as frost concerns supported the winter wheat exchange while ideal conditions in the north encouraged planting progress.
By Ray Grabanski , April 30, 2012
Markets retreat on favorable conditions
Wheat closed last week ending April 19 mixed, with the winter wheat contracts ending with small losses to small gains while Minneapolis lost ground. For the week ending April 19, May Minneapolis was off 15 cents, May Kansas City was 5.5 cents lower and May Chicago was 1 cent higher.
By Ray Grabanski , April 23, 2012
Staggered end
FARGO, N.D. — Sugar beet processing season is coming to a close in the Red River Valley, even as the planting season is revving up.
By Mikkel Pates , April 23, 2012
All in a (long) day's work
REYNOLDS, N.D. — It’s 11 a.m. on a sunny mid-April morning, and Gregg Johnson already has put in an eight-hour day. Roughly eight more hours of work await him.
By Jonathan Knutson , April 23, 2012
USDA report surprises
Wheat struggled last week, even with a friendly U.S. Department of Agriculture report. For the week ending April 12, May Minneapolis dropped 8.5 cents, May Chicago was 75 cents higher, and May Kansas City was off 9.5 cents.
By Ray Grabanski , April 16, 2012
China buying US corn
When with talk of private Chinese buyers having secured upwards of 10 cargoes of old-crop corn recently, futures still found it difficult to hold onto higher prices.
By Sue Martin , April 16, 2012
Fit to plant
BUFFALO LAKE, Minn. — Earl Matzdorf, 69, Buffalo Lake, Minn., was working in some urea fertilizer on April 9, getting ready to start planting corn on April 10.
By Mikkel Pates , April 16, 2012
Planting progresses
All three wheat exchanges struggled last week but most of the issues were in the winter wheat exchanges while Minneapolis experienced modest gains.
By Ray Grabanski , April 09, 2012
East to west
Spring planting was progressing slowly in the Red River Valley and picking up speed into western North Dakota last week.
By Mikkel Pates , April 09, 2012
USDA surprises market
Wheat traded lower in most of the session this week, except for March 30. Early selling was tied to improving conditions for the Southern Plains winter wheat crop and from position squaring ahead of the March 30 U.S. Department of Agriculture report while strength March 30 was because of a friendlier-than-expected acreage report from USDA.
By Ray Grabanski , April 02, 2012
'For the land and its people'
FARGO, N.D. — In the 32 years that Ken Grafton has been at North Dakota State University in Fargo, a lot of things have changed, but some things have not.
By Mikkel Pates , April 02, 2012
Shaping the future
Erik Younggren wants to play a role in shaping his future. In the process, he’ll help to shape the future of other wheat farmers, too. The Hallock, Minn., farmer is the new president of the National Association of Wheat Growers.
By Jonathan Knutson , April 02, 2012
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