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As a result of wetter years, virtually no durum is grown around us now.
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Durum is bought on color – hard amber gets a premium – and bleached kernels get quite a docking.
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Durum wheat, used for pasta, loses quality quickly if it gets rained on once it ripens. which years ago used to be the heart of durum country. Funny thing about wheat – in spring wheat country, farmers hope for the right amount of stress on the crop since the premiums for high protein make up for reduced yields, and disease problems from too much wetness creates other problems. In big areas, the winter wheat guys beat the drought, got the crop off and in fact, the dryness at the tail end of the growing season boosted the protein. It very quickly developed in an very intense way. We have to remember, too, that this is sort of a flash drought – at least in the Corn Belt. As a result, one area can have adequate rain, another struggle with flash floods, while yet in another area the crops suffer. We are seeing fewer wide-spread gentle rains and more thunderstorms and the rainfall amounts in those thunderstorms are increasing. Reading an article on changes in weather patterns, I was struck by the experts’ observations. They have been in the weather markets of recent years. Rains that come at critical times might pull this crop through, and the “sky is falling” reactors in a weather market might be proven wrong once again. Of course, that’s provided the rest of the season is more normal. Who else has a system set up to get a reliable nationwide estimate as USDA does with its FSA offices in every county with enough farmers? Interestingly, there were so many acres of corn planted this year that even with the reduced yield, it could still be a good crop. USDA dropped its yield forecast by 20 bushels per acre in the last monthly supply/demand report, a much bigger drop than anticipated. The drought is worrying, and bringing with a classic weather market response resulting in record corn prices.
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