Comeback Crop: The Push for More Wheat Acres

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Russia Sparks New Trouble in Grain and Oil Exports

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September 7, 2022

Comeback Crop: Supply Concerns, High Prices Push for More Wheat Acres

Wheat prices have cooled from their 14-year peak in March, but interest remains high for farmers to increase wheat acres or add the crop back into their mix. For the first time in a decade, Adam Casner planted it on his Carroll County, Mo., farm in fall 2021.

Russia Sparks New Trouble in Grain and Oil Exports

Putin said he now wants to renegotiate the United Nations-brokered Ukraine grain export deal, raising concerns the pact might not be able to last. Meanwhile, G7 countries mull over a $44 price cap on Russian oil.

Mixed Closes with Wheat Higher on Ukraine Grain Deal Change, but Corn and Cattle See Profit Taking

Grains started off strong with wheat leading on news Putin wanted to redo the Ukraine export deal. Soybeans continued to slide on big crop prospects and the hangover of the Argentina soy currency play. Corn and cattle saw profit taking, while hogs were up for the third day on short covering. Michelle Rook has details with Bryan Doherty of Total Farm Marketing.

More than Hangry: What’s Really at Stake in Global Food Insecurity?

Empty dinner plates can quickly translate to lack of world peace. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), someone known to say, “food security is national security,” recently shared a conversation with Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen, along with a panel of policy, science and ag experts, to break down what’s really at stake with global food security.