Farmers in Minnesota and North Dakota are far behind the normal harvest progress, similar to the situation on the Prairies
CHICAGO (Reuters) — Excessive rains and an October snowstorm have stalled the harvest in the U.S. grain belt’s northern tier, one more blow to farmers already struggling with the effects of planting delays and a trade war that has pressured commodity prices. The corn and soybean harvests are especially delayed in North Dakota and Minnesota […] Read moreStories by Julie Ingwersen
GM wheat found in Washington state
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the discovery of unapproved, genetically modified (GM) wheat plants growing in an un-planted agricultural field in Washington state. There was no evidence the wheat had entered the food supply, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a statement on June 7. The […] Read more
DowDuPont farm unit plans to launch Enlist E3 soy broadly in 2020
CHICAGO (Reuters) – DowDuPont’s agriculture unit, Corteva Agriscience, is gearing up to broadly sell farmers in North America and Brazil a new type of genetically modified soybean for planting next year in a challenge to rival Bayer AG . Corteva revealed its plans for Enlist E3 soy seeds on Thursday, after top global soy buyer […] Read more
New Year’s cold snap to hit U.S. winter wheat, rivers
CHICAGO, Dec 29 (Reuters) – A New Year’s Day cold snap in the southern U.S. Plains poses a threat to winter wheat, particularly in Kansas, the country’s biggest producer of the grain, agricultural meteorologists said. Farmers in Kansas grow hard red winter (HRW) wheat, the largest U.S. wheat class that typically is milled into flour […] Read more
Warm dry week may stress spring wheat
CHICAGO, June 2 (Reuters) – Warm and dry weather is expected to persist in the northern U.S. Plains spring wheat belt and the Canadian Prairies through next week, potentially stressing developing wheat, and other crops, agricultural meteorologists said. “It’s dry for the next 10 days, for the most part,” David Streit, a meteorologist with the […] Read more
Drought threatens U.S. wheat
CHICAGO, Ill. – Clear skies for much of April helped farmers in the northern U.S. Plains get a big jump on planting small grains, but some are starting to worry about the lack of rain. “There is talk about it, more and more each day,” said Leland Barth of the North Dakota Wheat Commission. “The […] Read more
