wheat plantings

How has the national drought impacted the country's winter wheat crop? "Last year's winter wheat crop, the one planted in the fall of 2020 and harvested in 2021, a lot of that crop made it through before the drought got intense across the great plains ...

When the USDA released its January crop production report, one of the statistics that made USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer sit up and take note, was the large increase in planted winter wheat acres. “Second year in a row that we’ve seen increasing wheat acres over a long-term decline.  Have we b ...

According to NASS, wheat plantings increased 3% across the Pacific Northwest this year, while acres planted nationwide increased 2%. Idaho growers planted 760,000 acres of winter wheat for the 2022 crop, up 7% from 2021, and 6% above the 2020 crop ...

When it comes to winter wheat plantings nationwide, 87% of the crop is in the ground. "We did have some delays early on due to dryness, but now, at this point in the planting season, we see all 18 production states within 10% either side of the 5-year average," said USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey ...

When looking at the pace of winter wheat plantings nationwide, USDA's meteorologist Brad Rippey said while this year is close to average, numbers are still off last year's pace. "In fact, identical.  80% is the planted number for October 24th.  Th ...

"Plating progress approaching the half way mark; 47% complete nationally," said USDA Meteorologist, Brad Rippey. "Pretty close to the five-year average of 46% but slightly behind last year's 50%. Most states continue to see planting progress moving along at a normal to ahead of normal pace ...

According to USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey, 34% of the winter wheat crop in the ground nationwide which is a head of the typical pace. And some of the driest states he noted have the quickest planting progress. "Washington state, for example, 67% planted and then following that we have Nebraska; 61% planted ...

As planting season wraps up, farmers might be tempted to put their planters in the shed without looking them over first. Grayson Catania, product marketing manager at CNH Industrial, said producers should go through several steps before storing their planters ...

Ahead of the latest USDA Supply and Demand forecast for wheat, many private analysts thought maybe USDA would reduce its previous forecast for ending stocks of wheat, or maybe up the forecast a bitHowever, "we didn't change any of the supply or demand components," said USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski... Read More ...

Given the strong prices reported as of recent, there is a lot of speculation of what's going to happen to wheat acreage in the upcoming season.Last year's average wheat price was $4.59 a bushel. Last week, prices were well over $6.00. Last year U ... Read More ...