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Posted on 11/13/12 at 6:22 PM
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
Cost of deer depredation
NORTHVILLE, S.D. — Dick and Janell Meyer, who farm in the Northville, S.D., area, want a state law that says if a wild animal — deer — is destroying their property they can shoot it. State officials say that’s impractical.
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
Payment pain
FARGO, N.D. — Tim Hase of Martin, N.D., has a $47,000 problem because of the Anderson Seed Co. melt-down. He figures that if he gets his share of a $280,000 bond he’ll be compensated about $93 — about the price of a tank of gas.
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
Markets retreat
The wheat markets had losses of 15 to 26 cents last week. The winter wheat markets had the larger losses due to beneficial rains in much of the winter wheat belt and losses in the corn market. Minneapolis wheat had lighter losses due to strong export sales and lingering concerns about dry soil conditions in the Northern Plains. Markets will likely spend this week positioning ahead of the March 30 reports.
By Ray Grabanski , March 26, 2012
Early start
FISHER, Minn. — Mike Bergeron beat the calendar, planting spring wheat in the last days of winter, nearly a month before he usually does such seeding.
By Stephen J. Lee , March 20, 2012
Exports drive market
The corn market was up 30 cents last week in old crop, while new crop contracts gained about 10 cents. Talk of increased exports to China provided direction to the market early last week, while the possibility of an early planting season due to warm weather in the Corn Belt was talked about through the second half of last week.
By Ray Grabanski , March 19, 2012
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