Western Europe's wheat crop and the U.S. hard red winter wheat crop both have major quality issues, and it now appears that the North American spring wheat crop could as well. The world might have plenty of feed wheat, but milling quality may be a different matter.Farmers across the U.S. northern Plains have had their fill of rain over the past two weeks. The barley, winter wheat and spring wheat crops are ready to be harvested, and moderate to heavy rains are starting to cause some significant problems. We are seeing and hearing the following so far:
Vomitoxin (DON) is present in the barley, winter wheat and spring wheat crops. Some elevators have told their clients they will reject any wheat that has levels exceeding 3 ppm. The...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
