oats

According to NASS, all wheat stocks stored across the Northwest increased 5% from December 2023 to December 2024.   In Washington, wheat stored in all positions last month totaled 132 million bushels, up from 123 million bushels a year ago. Off...

Flax producers can now benefit from revenue protection, a crop insurance option available through the USDA.  RMA expanded the Small Grains Crop Provisions to now offer revenue protection for flax for the 2025 crop year, an option already offered for barley, rye, wheat, and oats.  ...

A team of Agricultural Research Service and university scientists released two new oat germplasm lines to shore up the crop’s defenses against the devastating fungal disease crown rust.  The team specifically created the oat lines so that they could be crossed with elite commercial varieties to fortify them with new genetic sources of resistance to crown rust.  The disease c...

According to NASS, the amount of wheat held in storage increased across the three Northwest states this year.   In Oregon, wheat stored in all positions totaled 49 million bushels, up from 38.3 million bushels a year ago. Off-farm stocks were up 26%, while on-farm stocks were up 35% compared to the previous year.  ...

NASS is out with the latest grain summaries and stocks.   All wheat stored as of September 1st totaled 1.99 billion bushels, up 12% from a year ago.  On-farm stocks are estimated at 664 million bushels, up 11% from last September 2023, while off-farm stocks, at 1.32 billio...

The owner of East Coast grocery chains Food Lion, Giant Food and Stop & Shop is investing alongside General Mills to expand regenerative agriculture for key ingredients such as wheat and oats in an effort to reduce emissions across their shared value chain.  A...

Small grain growers should expect to see an Ag Survey  from NASS in the coming days, as the agency takes a comprehensive look into the 2024 production and supply of small grains, including wheat, oats, barley and rye.  NASS says it will contact nearly 1,400 producers across Idaho to determine acreage, yield, production as well as on-farm stocks for small grain crops.  In addition,...

Based on August 1st numbers provided by NASS, winter wheat in Idaho is forecast at 59.5 million bushels, up 1% from the July 1st and up 6% year-over-year.  Harvested area, at 700,000 acres, is up 10,000 acres from the previous forecast and up 70,000 acres from 2023. Yie...

According to ERS, cover crop mixes account for 18%-25% of acres with cover crops.  However, the use of single-species cover crops is more common.    For corn fields in 2021, almost 75% of acres with cover crops used a grass or small grain cover crop, such as cereal rye, winter wheat, or oats.  At 44% of ac...

The country’s oat and rye producers can now benefit from revenue protection, a new crop insurance option available through the USDA.  After listening to growers, the Risk Management Agency expanded the Small Grains Crop Provisions to offer revenue protection for 2023 oat and rye crops.   “This ...