Wheat

[Joe W.]

Heard on the news the USA may be importing wheat due to drought conditions in the midwest and grain will have to be shipped to the mills there for processing. Anybody else heard to this?  

[OCtoolguy]

Well, we import most everything else. Why not wheat? Hate to hear this.

 

[dansnow]

I could respond to this, but I'd likely be banned!

[MTCowpoke22]

I haven't heard that, at least not yet. I can tell you that a good chunk of Montana and North Dakota is off to a great start on this years' crops, and we raise a lot of wheat and durum. I have heard that western Kansas is a complete disaster due to drought. Very little to none of their winter wheat survived, and many are replanting into millet to try and salvage their year. Farmer are at least happy that prices have finally come up. But you have to have something to sell to take advantage of it!  

Edited June 9, 2023 by MTCowpoke22

[MarieC]

The Easten Washington Palouse looks beautiful in grains...was just down there a few days ago and it looks like they will get a lot of bushels per acre.

 

[Joe W.]

On 6/9/2023 at 12:26 PM, MTCowpoke22 said:

I have heard that western Kansas is a complete disaster due to drought. Very little to none of their winter wheat survived, and many are replanting into millet to try and salvage their year.

Yes, the broadcast did mention it was Kansas.
I took 4 years of vocational agriculture in high school and the knowledge I learned is that I don't have what it takes to be a farmer.
I'd be on mental medication for worrying too much.

[OCtoolguy]

With the Chinese buying up our farm land, will we still have to import wheat from China? Just askin...