In terms of fundamentals, not much has changed in the durum market. Nonetheless, local prices have moved up slightly, following along with improved prices for other wheat classes.
Sunflower planting hasn’t gotten underway quite yet, so there is an opportunity for producers to take advantage of recent price improvements at regional crush plants and consider sunflowers in their crop rotation.
After several weeks of steadily declining prices, the spring wheat market was able to see some positive movement in prices in early May.
The corn market is keeping a close watch on the southern region of Brazil, as well as Argentina, where heavy rainfall and flooding has impacted the corn crop and given a little bit of a boost to prices.
Farmers working on securing their seed and fertilizer contracts, along with potential operating loans, are carefully watching the current federal interest rate, uncertain what 2024 will bring.
Cattle market predictions for 2024 indicate the price of inputs like corn and hay will go down, but the trend of declining herd numbers will stay for some time.
While demand is still strong for the highest-quality farmland, prices appear to have plateaued for lesser-quality land.
Cattle market predictions for 2024 indicate the price of inputs like corn and hay will go down, but the trend of declining herd numbers will stay for some time.
While demand is still strong for the highest-quality farmland, prices appear to have plateaued for lesser-quality land.
DAVENPORT, N.D. – Brad Kellerman, who farms in southeastern North Dakota, has been growing corn for a long time, yet even he was pleased with the size of his cobs and the nice corn yields last fall.
As May arrives, farmers have already pulled their planting equipment out into the driveways, unloaded seed and chemicals, cleaned out a few of the bins and are heading to the fields to plant – or in some cases, to continue planting.
Beef producers are often concerned about why consumers purchase beef over other proteins so they can make management improvements where possible.
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LAWTON, N.D. – In the northeastern region of the state, Justin and Molly Zahradka run a crop and commercial cow/calf operation on the Zahradka farm homesteaded in the late 1800s by Justin’s great-great-grandfather – located west of Grafton in Walsh County.
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The canola market has gained some momentum in recent weeks even though there has been no market moving news in the vegetable oil markets. Soybeans and palm oil, along with European rapeseed, have been steady to up slightly in this timeframe. The canola market did have a big move down on Apri…
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When looking at the soybean market and prices, basis levels appear to have upended things just as producers are beginning to plant the 2024 soybean crop.
Cash prices for durum around North Dakota have remained in a range from $7.50-$7.75 for the past few weeks, while new crop bids are a little lower at around $7. But for durum, that’s good news.
Sunflower producers got a bit of good news as prices at area crush plants were up slightly in late April while new crop prices were unchanged from the week before.
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