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News from the Minnesota Association of Wheat |
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PROPOSED CHANGES IN FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE SMALL GRAINS PROVISIONS Duane says
pending crop insurance reform will have little effect on the administrative changes. These admin changes will be the small grains policy itself. The pending crop insurance reform would potentially change the
premium subsidy, the delivery (i.e. allow sales through grower groups), prevented planting, the RMA budget, the Board of Directors, new crops, new products, multi-years losses, etc. Of these, prevented planting
is the only one contained in the policy and most of these provisions are in the Basic Provisions rather than the Small Grains Provisions. The Small Grains Provisions will address definitions, quality provisons, crops
insured, etc. Suggested changes to these provisions will actually have a better chance of being incorporated if the comments come from the grower groups, says Duane.
The proposed rule can be viewed from RMA's web-site at:
THE MARKET ADVISOR: LARGE
DURUM CROPS ON THE HORIZON? It will be hard to get bullish on durum unless there is a weather problem. A big increase in Canadian durum acreage is expected, according to a survey by Statistics Canada released in mid April.
The survey indicated a 38.5-percent increase. On March 30, the International Grains Council (IGC) estimated that with a 37-percent increase in acreage, durum production in Canada would increase by about 26 percent with
a normal yield. The Canadian yield last year was much above normal. Durum acreage is expected to increase by about 3 percent in the European Union (EU), according to the IGC. And the USDA's March 31
planting intentions report indicated that U.S. durum producers may plant 3.61 million acres this year. If so, normal yields could result in a U.S. durum crop at least 7 percent larger than last year's. Read the
complete report at
HEAT CANCER EMERGING IN SMALL GRAINS By Jochum J. Wiersma, PhD The hot weather and high winds of the last few days, may have caused some heat cancer on emerging small grains. Heat cancer sounds worse than it is and plants will almost always recover fully without adverse affects on yield. Basically the tissue at the soil surface got 'cooked' and as a result a little yellow band will develop on the young tender leaves. This band will move away from the surface as the leaf emerges and grows in subsequent days. Multiple bands on a single leaf are an indication that conditions were favorable for heat cancer for several days. A picture of the symptom can be found at http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/cropsystems/components/6 967_02b.html
SELECT SOYBEAN VARIETIES
CAREFULLY FOR ALKALINE SOIL Variety selection may make the difference between success and failure of a soybean crop on alkaline soil, warns a
soil scientist at North Dakota State University. Soybeans are sensitive to alkaline, poorly drained soils. The result is often stunted, yellow plants, a condition called iron deficiency chlorosis, according to Jay
Goos, professor of soil science at NDSU. No soybean varieties are as resistant to iron chlorosis as crops like barley, but there are differences among soybean varieties. With the support of the North Dakota
Soybean Council, Goos has been screening varieties for resistance to iron chlorosis. Finish the article at
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO NORTH DAKOTANS UP IN 1999 |
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