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Prairie Grains is the
official publication of
the Minnesota
Association of
Wheat Growers,
North Dakota Grain
Growers Association,
South Dakota Wheat,
Inc., and the
Minnesota Barley
Growers Association.

A look at four risk management options -- Crop Revenue Coverage, the first private sector crop insurance policy

Farmers might profit from information given away -- Chicago Board of Trade. about a new fee structure for immediate access

Field peas: -- Field peas are becoming widely recognized as an alternative crop for the Northern Plains

Financial performance of varieties -- Variety selection is an important first step towards profitable production.

Laurate canola looks to be the next oil boom -- With seas of yellow becoming more widespread each summer in the Northern Plains, canola is becoming a rotational mainstay for many small grains growers.

Legislative Watch -- Surplus, scab, and a stadium among MN Legislative issues

MAWG President at Ag Summit: -- MAWG President Tim Dufault was a program participant of the Governor's Ag Summit

MAWG to sponsor Pro Farmer Seminar March 6 -- The MAWG is sponsoring the only 1997 Pro Farmer SuperStrategies Seminar

Minnesota Wheat sponsors national briefing on scab -- Minnesota Wheat, along with the National Association of Wheat Growers Foundation

MN Wheat, Barley Council election ballots due March 18 -- As a result of recently adopted rule changes, producers of several Minnesota commodities will use new balloting procedures

NAWG adopts long-range wheat industry plan -- What goals should the U.S. wheat industry adopt

News & Views -- Stop playing politics with risk management

Prairie Shortcuts -- NAWG elects 1997 officers

Small Grains Institute March 5-6 in Crookston -- Being held at the Red River Valley Shows Building in Crookston, MN

Three parts to a grain marketing plan -- Ed Usset, a wheat market analyst with the Mendota Company and the U of M

U of M variety trials data available electronically -- Varietal Trials of selected Farm Crops

Why the "chutes and ladders" wheat price? -- Against my better judgment, I'm going to comment on an unpredictable monster

Winter wheat growers form new ventures -- An organization of 550 farmers from Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma recently announced the incorporation