sugarbeets

NASS to Review Acreage Information
NASS to Review Acreage Information
NASS to Review Acreage Information
NASS announced Tuesday the agency will review all available acreage data for select crops.  The agency said it will review planted and harvested acreage for chickpeas, corn, cotton, dry edible peas, lentils, peanuts, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and sugarbeets, in preparation for the September Crop Production report.  The rev...
USDA Announces No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility Program
USDA Announces No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility Program
USDA Announces No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility Program
The Commodity Credit Corporation does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2021, which runs from October 1st, 2021, to September 30th, 2022.     The CCC is required by law to quarterly announce estimates of sugar to be purchased and sold under the Feedstock Flexibility Program based on crop and consumption forecasts.  Federal law ...
NWFCS Expects Profitable Year For Area Row Crops
NWFCS Expects Profitable Year For Area Row Crops
NWFCS Expects Profitable Year For Area Row Crops
As we start our latest installment of our Northwest Farm Credit Services quarterly commodity snapshot Series, we start with area row crops.  Bill Perry, Vice President at NWFCS said the 12-month outlook suggests slightly profitable onion returns. “...
Spring Wheat Plantings Off Nationally
Spring Wheat Plantings Off Nationally
Spring Wheat Plantings Off Nationally
Spring wheat plantings remain significantly behind schedule nationwide. According to USDA, roughly 39% of this year’s crop was in the ground on Sunday , well off the five-year-average of 67%. Brad Rippey meteorologist with the USDA said amid the drought last year, 83% of the spring wheat crop had been planted by this week in 2021. He ...
Idaho Leads Nation In Sugarbeet Plantings
Idaho Leads Nation In Sugarbeet Plantings
Idaho Leads Nation In Sugarbeet Plantings
USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says flooding in Minnesota and North Dakota's Red River Valley is putting a damper on any sugarbeet field work. "Sugar beet planting nationally, 18% complete by May 1, far behind the five year average of 47% ...
Griff: Idaho Sugarbeet Growers Association Expansion, Rebrand Good For Growers, Industry
Griff: Idaho Sugarbeet Growers Association Expansion, Rebrand Good For Growers, Industry
Griff: Idaho Sugarbeet Growers Association Expansion, Rebrand Good For Growers, Industry
In January, the Idaho Sugarbeet Growers Association, changed its name and expanded its boundaries. Now known as the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association, membership now includes growers in western Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Association Executive Director Brad Griff said growers across the PNW decided now is the right time to unite under one name ...
ISGA Expands, Changes Name
ISGA Expands, Changes Name
ISGA Expands, Changes Name
The Idaho Sugarbeet Growers Association is no more. The organization announced Tuesday is has expanded membership to the west now including Oregon and Washington growers. And with that expansion comes a new name, Snake River Sugarbeet Association, which represents 700 growers across the PNW on a combined 180,000 acres, accounting for nearly seven million tons of production ...