wheat harvest

Mother Nature took a toll on Kansas winter wheat this season, with USDA rating the crop at only 48% reaching good to excellent quality.

The 2025 winter wheat harvest is moving very slowly nationwide, thanks to delays due to wet weather in the center of the country.

Health conditions of the 2025 U.S. winter wheat crop were described as the “second-worst ever” last Fall.  However, as harvest ramps up nationwide, Reuters says winter wheat ratings now sit at a six-year-high point for early June.  An industry of...

The winter wheat harvest has slowed slightly.   “Nationally, 4% of the winter wheat acreage harvested by June 8th," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.  "That's only one point increase from the previous week.  At 4%, that figure is three points behind the five-year average of 7%. Even further behind last...

The winter wheat crop continues to progress at a quick pace.  As of June 1st, 83% of the national crop is headed, slightly ahead of both the five-year average of 79%, and last year's 82%.  USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey said harvest is already underway is some portions of the country.   “Showing 3% of ...

Fusarium head blight is becoming a greater struggle for wheat growers across the Northwest.  BASF recently rolled out a new fungicide, Sphaerex, which can help in the fight.  Kim Tutor, Technical Marketing Manager at BASF said Sphaerex combines two proven active ingredients.   "It's the best produ...

The sunny, dry weather we’ve seen across much of wheat country, not only here in the Northwest, but in the middle portion of the county, is great news for dry down and harvest, but it’s not great news for winter wheat emergence and establishment.  But, as m...

U.S. wheat production for the 2024-2025 marketing year is estimated at 1.971 billion bushels, up 9% year-over-year and the highest level since 2016-2017.  The USDA said this stands in contrast to a long-term downward trend in U.S. wheat production that resulted in declining acreage as farmers switched to other crops like corn and soybeans.     ...

Wheat growers across Europe have dealt with some unpleasant weather this year, and because of that, the USDA has lowed its projections for EU wheat production.  But despite that drop, :"when you add it all up across all of the major producers, we're looking at record large global production,” noted USDA Outlook chairman Mark Jekanowski.  He added that...

While a few fields of spring wheat remain across the Pacific Northwest, now is the time for wheat growers to think about the 2025 crop and harvest.   “So what leads to a good start?" asked Cat Salois, Director, Research and Technology Division with the McGregor Company. "Many people t...