World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates

WHEAT: This month’s supply and demand outlook for 2023/24 U.S. wheat is for lowersupplies, reduced domestic use, unchanged exports, and higher ending stocks. Suppliesare tightened with a reduction in projected imports by 5 million bushels to 140 million on aslower-than-expected import pace, primarily for Hard Red Winter. Domestic consumptionis forecast…
Bureau of Reclamation reports on water outlook for irrigation season

Bureau of Reclamation reports on water outlook for irrigation season

The annual Yonts Water Conference, held on Wednesday, April 10, at the UNL Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff, updated ag producers on topics from water to weather.  “So, we've seen some improvement early on the snowpack, which was below average. Improvement is in the upper and lower…
National Sorghum Producers Seeks New Leaders for Board of Directors

National Sorghum Producers Seeks New Leaders for Board of Directors

LUBBOCK, Texas —National Sorghum Producers has opened applications for two positions on the 2024 board of directors. NSP is looking for new producer leaders who are passionate about advancing the crop and shaping the future of the sorghum industry. “Today, the sorghum industry stands at a crossroads of tradition and…
Online Mapping Service Helps Protect Workers, Sensitive Crops, Pollinators

Online Mapping Service Helps Protect Workers, Sensitive Crops, Pollinators

LINCOLN— Pesticides are used in agriculture to help farmers protect crops from pests, diseases, and weeds. Some crops, like fruit and vegetable specialty crops, and the pollinators of those crops, can be sensitive to pesticides. That’s why the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) contracts with FieldWatch™, an online mapping service designed…
Outrun Ag autonomous grain cart technology eases harvest labor challenges

Outrun Ag autonomous grain cart technology eases harvest labor challenges

When it's go-time in the fall, grain harvest won't wait for your operation to find help. Outrun Ag is changing the way producers think about harvest. Outrun Ag, a PTx Trimble solution, recently hosted field demos for producers in Fremont, Nebraska. IN THE CAB: Outrun Ag's autonomous grain cart technology can help…
NASS discontinues select 2024 data collection programs and reports

NASS discontinues select 2024 data collection programs and reports

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is canceling the July Cattle report and discontinuing the Cotton Objective Yield Survey, as well as all County Estimates for Crops and Livestock beginning with the 2024 production year. The decision to discontinue these surveys and reports was not made lightly, but was…