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Durum

Durum wheat,pasta wheat or macaroni wheat (Triticum durum or Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) is the only tetraploid species of wheat of commercial importance that is widely cultivated today. It was developed by artificial selection of the domesticated emmer wheat strains formerly grown in Central Europe and the Near East around 7000 BC, which developed a naked, free-threshing form. Like emmer, durum wheat is awned.

Durum in Latin means "hard", and the species is the hardest of all wheats. Its high protein content, as well as its strength, make durum good for special uses, the most well-known being pasta. Durum wheat is used extensively in breadmaking. However, it is unusual in that, despite very high protein content, it is low in desirable gluten needed to form a glutinous web necessary for bread to rise.

As a result, although 100 percent durum wheat breads do exist (such as pagnotte di Enna or "rimacinato" bread from Sicily, as well as Altamura bread from Apulia and Matera bread from Basilicata) in most instances bread doughs contain only a portion of durum wheat and are supplemented substantially with commercial white flours, often those higher in gluten necessary to offset the poor gluten contribution of durum flour. When durum flour is used as the sole flour in bread, substantial additions of isolated wheat gluten are necessary for rising to occur. Without it, 100 percent durum wheat breads are often heavy, with very close grain, and will split easily when risen for baking.

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Durum market seeing some weakness as harvest moves on

Lincoln Journal Star 06 Sep 2020

has hit the half-way point of durum harvest, the market is seeing a little weakness ... He also noted some areas are seeing issues with Fusarium and probably some lower protein on some of the durum that was higher than average yield ... The “big gorilla in the room” is the Canadian durum crop, which looks to be quite large....

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New durum variety released from MSU

Lincoln Journal Star 25 Aug 2020

Wheat breeders at Montana State University (MSU) are pleased about the release of a new durum wheat variety that has high yield. The new durum is the result of collaboration between the breeding program based at MSU-Bozeman within the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology and the MSU Statewide Department of Research Centers....

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Durum prices seeing some weakness

Lincoln Journal Star 23 Aug 2020

As producers get further into this year’s durum harvest, the market is keeping a close watch on what kind of yields and quality are coming off the fields. And, as is typical, harvest progress is putting pressure on durum prices ... There’s certainly better looking durum from a yield potential perspective ... and Canadian durum crops.”....

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Mixed harvest ahead for 2020 durum crop in the MonDak

Williston Herald 19 Aug 2020

A mixed harvest is ahead for the durum crop, with some growers who planted later looking at reasonably good yields, while other growers, who planted in a more usual timeframe, looking at depressed yields thanks to an unusually dry spring ... Ryan Ellis, in Williston, meanwhile, planted his field of Grano durum mid-May....

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Heat wave is accelerating harvest of spring wheat, peas, lentils — durum will be next

Williston Herald 19 Aug 2020

spring wheat crop is about one-third of the way home, according to the most recent USDA Crop Progress report, while the durum harvest is just getting started, but about to begin in earnest ... Durum, meanwhile, is 13 percent harvested in North Dakota and 20 percent in Montana....

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Durum remains quiet as harvest nears

Lincoln Journal Star 06 Aug 2020

As harvest is fast approaching, the durum market has remained fairly steady and quiet ... Durum harvest has not started in North Dakota, although it’s close in some areas ... 3, USDA’s crop progress report showed that 70 percent of North Dakota’s durum had started to turn color, which is ahead of average, and about 12 percent is mature....

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Not much action taking place with durum market

Lincoln Journal Star 24 Jul 2020

With durum, we’re in the middle of the growing season and there’s not much price action taking place in the market ... “Early on, we couldn't buy a rain in a lot of the durum area, but since the end of June we’ve been in a more frequent rain pattern,” he said ... durum production is pegged at 56 MB, including desert durum, which is only 8 MB....

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Global pasta binge during covid boosts Canada durum-wheat demand

The Day 17 Jul 2020

Canada's durum exports in the 10 months ended May 31 surged 17% from a year earlier amid lackluster crops in Europe and North Africa ... ....

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Global pasta binge during lockdowns boosts demand for Canadian durum wheat

Canada Dot Com 17 Jul 2020

Canada’s durum exports in the 10 months ended May 31 surged 17 per cent from a year earlier amid lacklustre crops in Europe and North Africa ... Canada is the world’s top exporter of durum, which is milled into semolina flour for spaghetti ... Canadian durum exports in April surged to the highest in a year, Canadian Grain Commission data show....

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Pandemic surge buying boosts Canada durum wheat exports

The Spokesman-Review 17 Jul 2020

Canada’s durum exports in the 10 months ended May 31 surged 17% from a year earlier amid lackluster crops in Europe and North Africa ... About 80% of the wheat grown in Washington is soft white wheat and about 20% is hard red wheat.Pandemic surge buying boosts Canada durum wheat exports....

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Durum looking great as Lohr looks ahead to harvest

Lincoln Journal Star 14 Jul 2020

SHELBY, Mont. – As summer continues along the Montana Hi-Line, Klayton Lohr has settled into his duties as a durum wheat farmer and he continues to be really pleased with how his 2020 crop is shaping up. “All the durum is headed out and looking beautiful,” Klayton reported during a phone interview on July 7 ... “I don’t necessarily farm for me ... ....

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Durum prices remain steady following USDA report

Lincoln Journal Star 10 Jul 2020

Cash prices for durum remained unchanged at $5.75-$6.25 following the final acreage report from the U.S ... planted durum acres is now estimated at 1.5 million acres, which is up about 200,000 from March ... The new numbers from Canada show that 5.7 million acres of durum got planted this year, up half a million acres from their April estimate....

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Durum prices remain stable through June

Dispatch Argus 26 Jun 2020

For the past several weeks it’s been the same old story for the durum market with prices remaining stable ... As of June 22, when Olson gave her report, most of the durum crop in the region had emerged ... In Canada, durum growers have also completed durum planting ... durum export sales totaled 35.5 million bushels (MB) ... durum stocks as of March 1 were 51 MB....