Reading Time: 3 minutes The annual Wheat Quality Council tour has confirmed expectations of poor crops across most of Kansas and neighbouring states. Scouts on the tour determined an average yield of 41.1 bushels per acre, 18 per cent below the tour’s thoughts last year. In 2012, the tour estimated Kansas yield at 49.1 bushels per acre. The U.S. […] Read more
McMillan: Kansas wheat conditions remain variable
McMillan: U.S. primary crop seeding remains stalled
Reading Time: 2 minutes Monday’s crop progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows the impact of ongoing cold, wet conditions across the key growing areas. Of the 10 primary crops to be sown in 2013, not a single one was ahead or even at normal progress for this time of year. Seeding and crop progress as of […] Read more
McMillan: U.S. spring grain seeding at a standstill
Reading Time: 3 minutes Continued snow and below normal temperatures have kept most small grain seeding across the U.S. Northern Plains at a standstill. Al Dutcher, Nebraska state climatologist, said that even if temperatures return to normal, this April will be among the top-10 coldest. If temperatures remain below normal, April will rank in the top-five coldest on record. […] Read more
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