Tag: wheat
According to the USDA report released Oct. 13, about 68% of Kansas wheat has been planted this fall. This is near the 5-year average of 66%. Crop emergence is at or slightly below the 5-year…
LONDON (AP) — Russia on Monday halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Shane’s Illinois farm got a nice soaking on May 8, shortly after he planted his corn crop. Since then, rain has been hard to come by. Plenty of storms have…
While it might be a gardener’s bane, this hot and dry weather is tailor-made for a successful wheat harvest. “We could use another 10 days just like this,” said Keven Day, manager of the Piqua…
LANE COUNTY, Kansas — This time of year, the wheat growing in this part of western Kansas should be thigh-high and lush green. But as a months-long drought continues to parch the region, many fields…
High commodity prices and especially the high cost of fertilizer prompted local farmers to shift their focus to wheat this year. That’s a trend likely to continue, with the war in Ukraine expected to deplete…
ROME (AP) — Poorer countries in northern Africa, Asia and the Middle East that depend heavily on wheat imports risk suffering significant food insecurity because of Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the conflict is poised…
The need for nitrogen in wheat is well known, but sulfur and chloride deficiencies are more common in than many farmers realize. Sulfur deficiency looks a lot like nitrogen deficiency and chloride deficiency looks just…
There’s been plenty of supply chain cause and effect because of COVID-19 in recent weeks. We’ve seen dairies dump their product for lack of demand, tomato farmers in Florida do the same, and meat processing…
For 45 years Craig Mentzer has been farming his land in Geneva, an unincorporated town in northwestern Allen County. Hes endured floods, hes weathered several droughts, but with 2019 just past the halfway mark he…
