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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.

1996 Variety and Pest Report: Spring Wheat, Durum and Barley in North Dakota

Spring wheat gets Crop Revenue Coverage in 1997: We’ve been asking for a crop insurance program that protects against losses in yield and price.

Pool ensures supply when producers can’t meet contract specs: What does a producer do if actual production doesn’t meet the contractual obligations of a processing co-op?

Two major markets for U.S. feed grains: Notes on marketing feed grains to China and Japan.19 Financing value-added:

Complement when selecting varieties: The single most important decision that a grower can make is picking which varieties to plant each year.

Banks develop loan program for value-added: With production agriculture the financial backbone of most rural banks

Chronology - How a value- added investment can grow: From the financial portfolio of an actual producer, here’s an example of how investments in value-added processing can grow:

Global promotion on $850? Not a chance: In 1996, I figure I invested $850 in commodity checkoffs.

Our agenda makes waves: We are coming off what just might be the biggest year for successes and advancements in the history of the MAWG.

Concern about disease, this time in Kansas: It is interesting to note that while ratings of the 1997 winter wheat crop in Kansas have been the best in years.

Culprit behind barley discounts needs federal attention: Minnesota’s 1996 barley crop was once again hit by scab.

A message to all MN barley growers: Because barley is grown on less acreage compared to other major crops.

1997 wheat market: One for the bear, two for the bulls: On the bearish hand, U.S. winter wheat is going into next spring in good shape

Sharpest curve in new farm bill complete: You’ll hear more about crop risk management, including a new tool called crop revenue coverage

Prairie Ramblings: You people who travel this time of year to places with such names as Big Sky and Lutsen Mountain need to be just a wee bit more sensitive to people like me.

Prairie Short Cuts: MAWG elects officers

Take a stand. If we don’t, who will? The MAWG urges that the U.S. and the (WTO) place more attention on addressing unreasonable sanitary/phytosanitary tolerance levels used to obstruct international grain trade.

USW distributes 1996 crop quality information: U.S. Wheat Associates, the wheat growers’ foreign market development organization, has published its "1996 Crop Quality Report"

Now’s the time for varietal selection: If you haven’t already begun your varietal selection process for 1997

FAIR act still leaves many issues unresolved: While there are many benefits in the seven-year farm program