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My estimate of wheat storage costs from harvest to mid-February is roughly $0.31 per bushel for on farm stored and $0.59 cents for commercially stored wheat.
The region's states produce most of the U.S.-grown crop of hard red winter wheat, favored by bakers for bread. But with prices hovering around $5 per bushel, U.S. wheat farmers have reached an ...
If the final 2025 county average yield is the same as the benchmark yield, the final 2025 market year average price needs to be near $4.30 per bushel in order to initiate an ARC-CO payment, which ...
Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse has answers to some common questions that have been raised regarding 2025 farm program sign-up.
Image courtesy of PJ Haynie By being able to see the family business transform into what it is today, he has come to realize that the market is not the same as it was in previous generations. “Forty ...
Wheat crop needs differ between S and N. S removal rates in an 80-bushel wheat crop are 6 pounds (12 pounds of SO4 sulfate), while N removal is 77 pounds. If you add a fertilizer S source to wheat, ...
Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse discusses the common questions that have been raised regarding 2025 farm program sign-up, along with some potential answers and considerations.
Corn and wheat’s sometimes interchangeable use means that their prices can move in tandem, though wheat’s premium to corn is already relatively low at 77-1/2 cents per bushel as of Friday.
The price to export U.S. soft white wheat is among the lowest on the world market, which bodes well for future demand even as Northwest farmers face increased costs, according […] ...
The performance of growing calves on wheat pasture can by increased by providing a small amount of a concentrate supplement carrying an ionophore and minerals that are deficient in wheat pasture.
For example, the corn market has been showing some strength of late, he noted. But even so, when it’s all said and done, he said the wheat market ended up fairly close to where it’s been the last few ...
Example: How Wheat of the World uses a wheat futures market It's summer, and Wheat of the World expects wheat prices to increase by winter due to smaller harvests caused by drought.