NASS Archives - U.S. Wheat Associates

Corn, soybeans lower, wheat mixed ahead of reports

Recap for October 7 Wheat futures were mixed Thursday, with winter wheat mostly lower on concerns US exporters will struggle to compete with overseas suppliers, but a shortage of high-protein hard red spring wheat boosted spring wheat futures. Corn futures hit a one-week low in early trading before bouncing back to end slightly higher on the day as investors squared positions ahead of next week’s updated harvest forecast from the US Department of Agriculture. Signals of good export demand for US soybeans sent soybean and . . .

Fertilizer management could reduce ammonia pollution from 3 staple crops: Study

A machine learning model of ammonia emissions from the world’s rice, wheat and corn crops shows that optimal fertilizer management could slash ammonia air pollution from these crops by 38%.

Wheat fields turning green early

Ed Lentz column: March 19

How a Fayette County farmer manages his wheat crop for higher yields

Danny Rubin was one of the first in line when farmers in Illinois began experimenting with intensive wheat management. He's never looked back.

People quasi-randomly assigned to farm rice are more collectivistic than people assigned to farm wheat

Nature Communications - According to the rice theory, the demands of rice farming might make cultures more collectivistic. Here the authors provide evidence in support of this theory by showing...

Winter showers boost wheat crop, but water worries continue to stalk farmers

Downpours over last two weeks are welcomed in Israel's northern Negev breadbasket, but drops will need to keep falling for next two months to avoid poor harvest, say cultivators

Why Offspring of Rice Farmers Are Better at Detecting Emotions - UCLA Anderson Review

Raising the crop is a communal project, more so than the work of wheat farmers, who’re less attuned to feelings of others

Can we feed the world by going with the grains? - Clark Now | Clark University

  A Clark University professor is part of an international research project to determine whether Ethiopian farmers’ age-old practice of planting and harvesting traditional grain mixtures could offer a climate-resilient […]