Grain News

Written by Anton Bekkerman, Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Montana State University Back in August 2016, I wrote a post that started off as, “Despite the …

GREAT FALLS, Mont.—Falling number remains a topic of discussion as heavy rainfall and dew continue to delay harvest of spring wheat and durum. Discounts for low falling numbers can be …

Congress is back in session and there is a big push from agriculture country to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Farmers for Free Trade hosted a rally on the National …

BOZEMAN – A pair of new winter wheat varieties soon to be released by Montana State University breeders are designed to help address two issues that plague wheat farmers across …

Scientists at Heriot-Watt University have identified a gene responsible for drought resistance in barley. Publishing the results of nearly five years of work in the Journal of Plant Physiology and …

Bismarck, N.D.(Aug. 26,2019)– Gov. Doug Burgum released the following statement today regarding the White House’s announcement that President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have reached a trade …

OMAHA (DTN) — The National Association of Wheat Growers took umbrage Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s criticisms about trade with Japan. The president spoke at a Shell petrochemical plant near …

GREAT FALLS, Mont.—Governor Steve Bullock has appointed Max Cederberg of Turner and Llew Jones of Conrad to the Board of the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee (MWBC).  The MWBC administers …

USDA surprised the market Monday by increasing corn production to 13.9 billion bushels and raising the average national yield by more than 3 bushels to 169.5 bushels an acre. Farmers …

The USDA recently provide additional details on the second iteration of the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) to be implemented over the next year. To review, the 2018 MFP was initiated …