National Ag News

Participants in this week’s Wheat Quality Council tour in the Dakotas and Minnesota estimate the hard-red spring wheat crop at just over 38 bushels an acre. That compares to 46 bushels in 2016.

The estimate for durum fields was 40 bushels per acre, compared to 45 last year. The lower yields are the result of intense drought conditions over the western Dakotas.

According to DTN, participants grappled with how to handle the high number of abandoned fields in those western counties, many of which have been cut and baled for hay.

Continue reading Tour’s spring wheat estimate down sharply at Brownfield Ag News.