After gaining upwards of a dollar last week, wheat futures started the new week by posting limit-up gains after India announced a partial wheat export ban over the weekend. India…
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USDA Announces $6 Billion in Payments to Crop Producers Impacted by Natural Disasters
by Colter BrownWASHINGTON, May 16, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon…
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USDA Projects Lower Winter Wheat and Higher Spring Wheat in First Crop Production Report
by Colter BrownIn USDA’s first detailed forecast of the 2022-23 crops, the outlook for wheat production was pegged at 1.729 bb, up 83 million bushels (mb) from last year, with higher projected…
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Vilsack: Disaster Checks for 2020-21 Crop Losses Should Come in June
by Colter BrownOMAHA (DTN) — The details of how USDA will spend $9.25 billion of disaster aid for crop producers should be announced in the next couple of weeks with payments potentially…
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Prime Conditions for Pythium Seed and Seedling Rot, Warns MSU Extension
by Colter BrownSpring has sprung and planting is in full swing. The snowstorms and rain events in the past weeks brought some much-needed moisture to the state. But the newly received soil…
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More Acres Leaving CRP Despite USDA Goals to Grow the Program
by Colter BrownUSDA reported landowners have agreed to enroll more than 2 million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through the General signup period, with the department expecting more acres to…
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Biden Plans Aid to Boost Production of Crops Affected by War in Ukraine
by Colter BrownFarmers would see higher USDA commodity loan rates and crop-insurance incentives to grow crops such as wheat and soybeans, as well as consider double-crop options, as part of a $500…
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CHS Foundation Awards Precision Agriculture Grant to Montana State
by Colter BrownThe CHS Foundation, funded by charitable gifts from CHS Inc., announced today six grants totaling $829,000 to support development, education and sustainable benefits of precision agriculture. The CHS Foundation supports…
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Drought Concerns Continue to Plague Hard Red Winter Wheat Crop
by Colter BrownWhile the Russia-Ukraine conflict remains the biggest driver of wheat futures prices, U.S. winter wheat in drought conditions across the Plains is becoming an increasingly bullish factor for prices. This…
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Four New MSU Wheat and Barley Varieties Receive Official Names
by Colter BrownAfter inviting the public to help name three new publicly released wheat varieties and one new barley variety, the Montana Wheat & Barley Committee (MWBC) and Montana State University Plant…