The focus on the northern Plains drought has been on its potential impact on hard red spring wheat production, and that is important for several reasons. However, there has been little talk about how it might affect yield potential for barley and oats.The focus on the northern Plains drought has been on its potential impact on hard red spring wheat production. This is important for several reasons:
Spring wheat plays a significant role in the domestic wheat industry as well as on the export side. The 2017 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop will have lower-than-desired protein content for the second consecutive year. Milling and baking characteristics of the hard red winter wheat crop are also suspect for the second consecutive year, which...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
