Planting progress numbers for corn are starting to roll in, but USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says there’s another crop to watch that might be a better indicator of planting progress this spring.

The area for winter wheat, grown predominantly in eastern Canada, increased 18.2% to 1.6 million acres, while spring wheat decreased 0.7% to 18.8 million acres.

For the week ending April 9, 2023, there were 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork, according to @USDA_NASS. Winter wheat condition rated 33% very poor, 28% poor, 26% fair, 12% good, and 1% excellent ...

By Kirk Maltais --Wheat for September delivery rose 2.1% to $5.50 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade on Tuesday, responding to a slight decline in the winter wheat crop condition reported by ...

Harvest of the Winter Wheat crop has begun, with Monday’s Crop Progress report indicating that 4% complete. That is a bit behind schedule, as the 5-year average is 7%, but I’m not certain that ...

Dow Jones’ Kirk Maltais reported on June 17 that “the USDA reported that the winter wheat harvest is behind schedule, with the Crop Progress report showing the U.S. harvest only 10% complete.

The wheat complex was weaker from the Monday morning open to the close, with losses across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures were back down 11 to 13 cents on Monday. Kansas City HRW contracts ...

EU wheat exports have totaled 19.76 MMT for the 2024/25 MY starting on July 1, which lags the 29.81 MMT from last year. Algeria has purchased a reported 550,000-570,000 MT in a tender on Tuesday.

But wheat prices hit a five-year low in May. Every year since 2020, farmers have abandoned between a fifth and a third of the winter wheat crop, U.S. Department of Agriculture data show.

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