The rhythm of wheat harvest is a symbolic sight during the summer months. This year, the sounds of harvest are rather quiet in some of the biggest wheat producing areas of the country, as extreme ...
The start of summer also ushers in the steady rhythm of wheat harvest across the plains. What typically is picture-perfect setting of beauty from amber waves of grain is one that shows the scars of ...
Recent rains have encouraged broadleaf weed growth in growing wheat fields. Kochia, for the most part, is the weed in question, although other weeds may also be a factor interfering with this year’s ...
KANSAS CITY — At the dawn of September, the winter wheat crop was largely in the bin while the spring wheat crop was just more than half harvested and progressing slowly due to weather delays. The ...
From the Dakotas to Texas, wheat acres have been on the decline, due to higher temperatures, drought and farmers shifting to ...
Ohio's farmers are benefiting from a pleasant surprise. Winter wheat, the state's fourth-most-profitable cash crop, was ready for harvest the third week of June. Recent dry spells have allowed farmers ...
Western Nebraska — It’s been cuttin’ wheat time since we began May 20. We just had the busiest (and windiest) June, and it’s continuing on now in July. We were so lucky to get finished up in western ...
As I turned the corner to head to Carrico, our local John Deere dealer, on the morning of the crew’s departure, something caught my eye. It was a cool spring morning, and the fog was just rising from ...
Farmers are sorting out damage from a string of storms that hit parts of eastern North Dakota and west-central Minnesota on Wednesday and Thursday. Some areas were hit with as much 4 inches, leading ...
Rain and soggy fields caused some delays, but combines and grain trucks kept rolling and Oklahoma's annual wheat harvest is already more than half complete, with the weather, as usual, making some ...
Post-harvest losses are a significant yet often invisible drain on the global food supply chain. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations estimates that around 14% of global ...