Archive for April, 2021

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — Millers, merchandisers, and traders this week said railroad performance was steady from the previous week. Prices were edging higher for grain transportation by rail and truck.

Millers and brokers who participate in cash wheat markets said behind-schedule delivery of empty rail cars at country origins was a lingering problem. The issue was most prevalent in the west where some car placements by Class 1 railroads were running 10 days to two weeks behind schedule.

“It still feels ...

The La Soufrière volcano erupted on St. Vincent on Friday for the first time in 42 years, sending a more than two-mile-high cloud of ash billowing above the Caribbean island just hours after surrounding communities were ordered to evacuate.

Low visibility caused by volcanic debris was hampering the effort to transport thousands of residents to safety, officials said.

Satellite images and photos shared on social media showed a thick column rising from the 4,049-foot volcano, which began erupting at 8:41 a.m. Plumes ...

WASHINGTON, DC, US — Growers in 2021 intend to seed more area to wheat than in 2020, though it would be the fourth-smallest all-wheat planted area since records began in 1919.

All-wheat planted area was projected at 46.358 million acres, up 5% from 44.349 million acres seeded in 2020, up 1% from 46 million acres as projected by the USDA at its annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in February, and down 1% from the average of the past five years.

Area planted to ...