USDA projects larger winter wheat crop

2025 U.S. winter wheat production is expected to be up 2% from 2024. The USDA currently has the crop at 1.382 billion bushels, with a year-to-year improvement in yield to 53.7 bushels per acre expected to cancel out a slight decline in harvested area to 25.718 million acres. That total includes a 2% gain for…… Continue Reading

Cash dairy markets mixed Monday

Cash dairy prices were mixed Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey remained unchanged at $0.5425 and, like Friday, no sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0375 at $1.78.  Four sales were recorded, ranging from $1.7775 to $1.78.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.77.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.77 to $1.78. …… Continue Reading

Some Upper Midwest farmers seeing minimal weed and pest pressure

Farmers in north-central and northeast Iowa are seeing minimal weed and pest pressure. Iowa Soybean Association research agronomist Shane Beck says fields “look pretty clean.” “I did see a corn field last week that had some velvet leaf coming, but nothing I was super concerned with yet. It looks like the preemergence worked really well.”…… Continue Reading

USDA sees big new crop corn, wheat ending stocks

The USDA is projecting big new crop corn and wheat ending stocks. The USDA has the carryout for new crop corn at 1.8 billion bushels, expecting a big crop along with record supply and total use, while trimming old stocks 50 million bushels to 1.415 billion on export demand expectations. The average estimated 2024/25 farm…… Continue Reading

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