spring wheat

The USDA is out with the latest import and export numbers when it comes to wheat supply and demand. "With wheat this time of year, we're really, mostly attracting trade data, export/import data as it continues to come in," noted USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair, Mark Jekanowski ...

The 2021 growing season was a challenging one, especially for Northwest dryland wheat farmers. This year’s drought and record heat resulted in low yields, and in some cases a spring crop that wasn’t worth harvesting. Add to that, growing pressures on the input side, thanks to the port bottlenecks up and down the west coast. Cas ...

According to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey, Spring wheat harvest is "racing ahead" amid very dry conditions. He noted as of August 8th, more than a third of the crop, 38%, had been harvested. Which is nearly twice the five year average of 21% . ... Read More ...

Spring wheat growers have received little good news this year. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey, said things are actually looking slightly better this week. "Now the spring wheat condition has bounced back marginally the last two weeks," Rippey said ...

When it comes to the most recent spring wheat conditions, growers continue to struggle nationwide. "We appear to have hit bottom for the spring wheat condition," said USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey. "Current numbers, though, still pretty bleak: 10% of the crop rated good to excellent, 64% rated very poor to poor ...

The drought has been hard on all producers across the Pacific Northwest, but perhaps one of the commodities where it’s most noticeable is wheat. While many winter wheat growers saw enough precipitation late last year and early this year to have a decent crop, the same cannot be said for spring wheat growers. The ...

The condition of the spring wheat crop continues to worsen. "Just 9% of the US spring wheat is rated in good to excellent condition, down from 11% a week ago. And it's a whopping 66% of the spring wheat rated very poor to poor. That is up from 63% a week ago ...

For wheat growers in the United States and Russia, there are more similarities than differences, beyond the fact that both counties grow winter and spring wheat. World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair, Mark Jekanowski, said as in the U.S., both of Russia's wheat crops have been experiencing differing weather conditions ...

For most of the nation's spring wheat growers, it's been an abysmal growing season according to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey. He recently noted only 16% of the national spring wheat crop is rated good to excellent, while 55% rated very poor to poor ...

The USDA says the national winter wheat crop is bigger than many analyst expected. NASS' Lance Honig said the USDA is booting its winter wheat yield forecast a little bit less than 1%. But he said compared to last year, yields are projected to increase by more than 5% ...