barley

Most of the grain has vanished from Terrell Sorensen’s 50-acre barley field in southern Bannock County’s Swan Lake area, but the hordes of grasshoppers that moved in during late June remain.

January is one month where the USDA's crop production forecast takes a back seat in the Department’s crop supply demand reports.  And the first one out of the gate this year is the grain and rice stock estimates.   Reports have major grades down in stocks year over year.  Corn and all wheat...

Total U.S. farm cash receipts are forecast to increase 24% in 2022 compared with 2021.  But total farm production expenses are also expected to be way up this year compared with last year.  Sean Ellis with the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation said the picture is a rosier in the Gem State.   “Idaho far...

Idaho’s barley industry enjoyed a bounce back in 2022, and appears to have recovered from the 2021 drought.  Idaho Barley Commission’s Laura Wilder said this year, growers reported 59.9 million bushels, with the average price of $7.59 per bushel.   ...

Russia resumed its blockade of grain shipments exiting Ukraine on Sunday after announcing the country is pulling out of the grain deal brokered, in part, by the United Nations.  The Hagstrom Report said the amount of grain available for global markets and possible price increases are concerns getting raised around the world.   ...

U.S. grains in all forms, better known as GIAF, exports for the 2021-2022 marketing year topped 122 million metric tons, the second-highest total on record, just behind 2020-2021's 129 million metric tons.  The U.S. Grains Council analyzed USDA data to find near-record exports of ethanol helped offset losses from corn, barley, and barley products.  Mexico ...

Winter wheat acres jumped substantially from 2021, according to NASS.     Idaho growers planted 770,000 acres of winter wheat this year, up 60,000 acres from 2021.  Harvested area, at 710,000 acres, is up 70,000 acres from 2021.  Winter wheat prod...

When it comes to harvest numbers for both spring wheat and barley, nationwide, both crops are 94% harvested, according to the USDA.  Those figures are very close to the five-year average or this time of year; 94% for spring wheat, and 96% harvested at this point for barley.  However...

A University of Idaho research team is refining what it calls a first-of-its-kind app allowing grain growers to instantly identify common pests as well as beneficial insects.  According to school officials, once the app goes live, farmers will be able to take photos of insects common in cereals and other rotation crops to be quickly identified.     ...

Despite the challenges of inflation and elevated fuel prices, Idaho’s barley growers have recovered many of last year’s losses thanks to solid yields.  Laura Wilder, Executive Director of the Idaho Barley Commission, said 2021’s drought conditions led to a 21% year-over-year production decrease.   To completely reco...