Milling & Baking News - May 3, 2022 - 20

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Cool temperatures, wet fields slow
seeding of corn, spring wheat
KANSAS CITY - A cool spring and wet
conditions have contributed to sluggish
progress in seeding the 2022 US corn
and spring wheat crops. Both crops were
behind the average planting pace in
the US Department of Agriculture's
latest Crop Progress
report released April 25.
Farmers, who prefer to
plant corn in warm, dry
soils have encountered
lingering cool temperatures
across the US Corn
Belt for much of the nascent
planting season. As a result,
corn planting has proceeded at the
slowest pace since 2013.
The USDA indicated corn planting in
the 18 states that seeded 92% of the 2021
crop was 7% completed on April 24, rising
just three percentage points from the previous
week and falling short of 9% as the
average of pre-report trade expectations.
Seeding was well behind 16% by the same
date a year earlier and about half the average
progress for the date during the 201721
crop years, 15%. Of the 18 states, only
four neared or exceeded the five-year
average progress: Kansas (21% versus 21%
as average), Nebraska (10% versus 11% as
average) North Carolina (60% versus 55%
as average) and Texas (69% versus 66% as
average). Farmers in five corn-growing
states had yet to plant any corn: Michigan,
Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio and
Wisconsin.
In the top US production
states for corn, only
Nebraska was near the
average pace. Elsewhere
in the Corn Belt, planting
completion by April 24
was 2% in Iowa (18% a year
ago, 15% as the recent five-year
average), 1% in South Dakota (4%,
3%), 2% in Illinois, (21%, 21%) and 1% in
Indiana (13%, 10%).
Meteorologists said cool temperatures
aren't vacating the Central states or the
Upper Midwest just yet, although there
was little to no precipitation forecast for
the last week of April or the first week of
May. That should provide farmers a window
for planting.
Meanwhile, seeding of the spring wheat
crop has proceeded at a slower-than-normal
pace. Some producers had kicked off
planting in a timely fashion only to be
stymied immediately by a blizzard that
dropped a blanket of snow between 20
Dakota Specialty Milling and Dakota
Blenders rebrand as DakotaMB
FARGO, ND. - Dakota Specialty Milling
and Dakota Blenders have joined together
and rebranded as DakotaMB, a move the
company said reflects its growing customer
base. DakotaMB will be led by the
current executive and management teams
in Fargo, ND, and St. Louis.
Dakota Specialty Milling traditionally
served value-added grains, toasted toppings
and multi-grain blends for the bread
and snack industry, while Dakota Blenders
offered functional mixes and bases for
cakes, muffins, donuts and other bakery
items. Tarrand Fiesel, vice president of
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sales and marketing at DakotaMB,
said the unified brand allows the
company to better serve baking
industry customers who make
both whole grain baked foods and
sweet goods.
" As the baking
industry continues
to consolidate, it
made sense for us to join the companies
together under one name to better serve
our customers who make a variety of
bakery items, from breads to donuts to
ancient grain crackers, " she said.
and 40 inches over North Dakota in the
second week of April. In the third week
of April, difficult weather continued in
various combinations of rain, sleet, snow
and below-normal temperatures. Farmers
welcomed the moisture, increasing the
hope that 2022 wouldn't be a repeat of the
extremely dry 2021 season, but the timing
was unfortunate in that the precipitation
essentially knocked field work off the
books for two to three weeks, the North
Dakota Wheat Commission said in an
April 26 progress report.
The April 25 USDA Crop Progress
and Conditions report showed 13% of the
intended US spring wheat acreage had
been planted, up from 8% the prior week
but well below the speedy 2021 pace of 27%.
Most of the progress in the third week of
April was made in South Dakota and Montana,
with fieldwork in North Dakota and
Minnesota " at a standstill, " the NDWC said.
In the individual states that collectively
planted 100% of the 2021 spring wheat
crop, planting completion by April 24 was
4% in North Dakota (21% a year ago, 8% as
the recent five-year average for the date),
36% in South Dakota (61%, 35%), 73% in
Washington (79%, 58%), 37% in Idaho (61%,
53%), 18% in Montana (19%, 14%) and 0% in
Minnesota (18%, 8%).
North Dakota durum growers in midApril
were able to seed about 1% of that
state's durum crop before field activity was
put on hold for weather, the NDWC said. MBN
The name DakotaMB recognizes the
company's long history in the milling and
baking industries, while also reflecting
its current customer base, which
includes manufacturers across the
food industry.
" When renaming the company,
we wanted to pay respect to where
we're from (North Dakota) and our
core business (Milling & Blending)
in the baking and snack
food industry, " said
Peter Matthaei, chief
executive officer of
DakotaMB. " However, the name DakotaMB
doesn't limit us into a specific category as we
now work with countless manufacturers
across the food industry on everything
from plant-based foods to coatings. " MBN
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