The European Commission has announced restrictions on the imports of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seed in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria until June 5. The move led to Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria lifting unilateral import bans they had imposed citing the need to protect their farmers. Romania had not banned imports. Ukraine mainly exported agricultural products through ports in the Black Sea until they were blocked by Russia last year.

Nutrient stratification commonly refers to a distribution of nutrients that are non-uniform with soil depth, and especially to situations with higher concentrations of nutrients (such as phosphorus or potassium) near the soil surface.

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) in cooperation with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service welcomed close to 200 guests to a South and Southeast Asian Marketing Conference May 9 to 11 in Phuket, Thailand. This was the first such conference in that region since 2012 and comes at a challenging time for the milling and wheat foods business. “It was great to have everyone back together again,” said Joe Sowers, USW Regional Vice President. Idaho Wheat Executive Director Britany Hurst Marchant, and Commission Chair Clark Hamilton were among the those who participated in the conference.

May is mental health awareness month, and Mental Health America invites you to look around and look within to learn about how your surroundings can impact mental health.

Winter wheat conditions barely improved this week, up 2% in the combined good or excellent categories to 28% and this is just ahead of the year ago 27%.

Just two generations ago, it seemed like everyone either lived on a farm or a ranch, or they knew someone who did. But today, as the number of farm operations, and even acres used for agriculture, continue to fall, that connection is fading.

Chicago wheat closed 9 1/2 cents higher, Kansas City wheat closed 13 1/2 cents higher and Minneapolis wheat 4 1/4 cents higher. Private exporters did not announce any export sales.