2015 Ag Production

[sigurdur]

Cold weather could be hard on winter wheat, the near zero temps are rapidly moving south and east of the Upper Midwest. The wheat has not hardened, and with virtually no snow cover, the crown root will be exposed.

The recent 14" of snow in Wisconsin is hindering corn harvest, and the cold is adding to drying costs.

Tell me again, how is warmer bad for production?

Down south, like near Antarctica, (Argentina/Brazil), after a wet start in the south and dry in the north, things are looking very good at this time.

[sigurdur]

I don't plant winter wheat, I plant Spring Wheat. So that seed is safely in the bin. Winter wheat acres have increased around here till this fall. The winter wheat crop was very poor, and poor quality around here. $2.00 discount compared to spring wheat. Further south they start growing more acres, but the real split is near the South Dakota/Nebraska border. Otherwise, to much risk of winter kill.

[Ratty]

I wonder what McDonald's position is on using arable land to grow petrol (instead of food)?