Insights and Stories on Spring Wheat

Jul. 23, 2019 at 1:48 pm CDT

North Dakota | Reuters – Wheat yield potential in south central North Dakota is trending above average, with the crop benefiting from ideal weather following a wet spring that delayed planting, scouts on annual tour found on Tuesday. “This is really good wheat for out here,” said Dave Green, executive […]

By Mark Weinraub

Jul. 19, 2019 at 7:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices have softened ahead of harvesting season, due in part to improving growing conditions and a stronger Canadian dollar. Drought conditions earlier in the summer had threatened Prairie crop yields and buoyed feed grain prices, but the weather premium has subsided thanks to recent rains. “Rain […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Jul. 19, 2019 at 9:46 am CDT

While we’re still changing our seeding rate approach from bushels per acre to thousand kernel weight, Phil Needham of Needham Ag Technologies, has moved on to thinking about heads per square yard. An agronomist originally from Britain and now based in Kentucky, Needham has made a name for himself advising […]

By Leeann Minogue

Jun. 28, 2019 at 9:05 pm CDT

Feed grain prices for Lethbridge’s feedlot alley took a tumble after parts of the Prairies received some much-needed rain. Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, said barley and wheat prices recently dropped. Barley was around $285-$290 per tonne in the area, down about $10 from the week […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Jun. 19, 2019 at 5:29 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade may have run into some profit-taking resistance, but underlying concerns over wet fields and lost acres should keep the general uptrend in place heading through the summer. “I don’t think this weather story is anywhere near over,” said […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin