http://www.thelandonline.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:30:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_354113608.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_354113608.html The referendum was proposed by the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council to change the present checkoff rate of one cent per bushel to 0.5 percent of the net sale value. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:26:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_340095553.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_340095553.html “Why should they take my money and tell me they know how to spend it better than I do? That’s like calling me stupid. That smacks of socialism and I don’t like it,” said Halstad wheat grower Jerry Bitker. Mon, 19 May 2008 11:04:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_140110431.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_140110431.html Some southern winter wheat and barley crops were already reaching a critical growing period in terms of possible infection by fusarium graminearum, the fungus that causes fusarium head blight (or head scab). Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:12:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_073114131.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_073114131.html Biotech in wheat has a lot of catching up to do. Companies that were willing to invest in wheat have moved their research focus to more accepting crops. While corn and soybean producers can look forward to additional biotech traits that are soon to be released, no such optimism exists for wheat. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:54:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_044145258.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_044145258.html Typically more corn is grown in southern Minnesota than in the northern part of the state, and the northern half has grown more wheat. But with the price of wheat going up, more farmers in the southern half of the state are thinking about getting into, or back into, wheat production. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:47:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_044144724.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_044144724.html This year wheat seed has become increasingly difficult to come by and almost impossible to buy any new varieties at this point. Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:17:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_324144727.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_324144727.html Spurred by record new crop prices and demand, U.S. farmers, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture, are harvesting an all-time record corn crop of 13.3 billion bushels. But a new Farm Futures survey suggests this year is just the prelude to an unprecedented battle to buy acres in 2008. The chief combatants in this turf war will be corn and soybeans plus a renewed interest in wheat. Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:09:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_298145655.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_298145655.html Ridiculous, incredible, outrageous. Words (printable, anyway) can hardly describe the high nitrogen fertilizer costs these days. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:20:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_044170447.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_044170447.html If rumors about the seed corn industry being “oversold” and unable to provide for the anticipated millions of additional corn acres, do wheat and oats take on more value? Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_044170057.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_044170057.html With the possibility of millions more acres of corn and a good production year, could there be a significant fall-off of corn prices? On the flip-side, what happens if there’s a difficult growing season with lower yields? “The 2007 crop year is both exciting and scary.” Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_038164831.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_038164831.html A private survey that indicated a drop in 2007-08 bean acres of 8.6 million to 9.4 million acres was the button that pushed buyers back into the market. Whether a switch of this magnitude will occur still depends on myriad of unknowns, with price and weather at the forefront. Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:56:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_033125607.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_033125607.html Should the nation’s No. 2 farm state, Texas, with $17 billion in annual food and fiber sales, receive three times more federal farm program money than California, the nation’s top ag producer with $32 billion in annual sales? Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:25:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_026110557.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_026110557.html The 2006-07 grain market is in the middle of a perfect storm and every piece of new information — government reports, ethanol industry data, wild-eyed country rumors — seems to be feeding its updraft. All came together the week of Jan. 8 with explosive force to push corn futures into thin air and drag wheat and soybeans along. Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_326144257.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_326144257.html Farm Programs Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_333171021.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_smgrains/local_story_333171021.html Grain Angles