The report says a majority of wheat growers want to keep some form of the single desk but would like it to be grower-controlled. But he says the Government cannot make a decision based on either the Ralph report or the results of an independent poll because only about 10 per cent of growers took part. PM receives wheat growers' report on single desk. The Prime Minister has received the report by the Wheat Export Consultation Committee but it has not been released publicly. Western...

According to Erica Peterson, marketing specialist for the North Dakota Wheat Commission, the wheat futures market has been receding a little the past couple weeks, although Minneapolis futures have fared better than the Chicago or Kansas City futures markets. According to Erica Peterson, marketing specialist for the North Dakota Wheat Commission, the wheat futures market has been receding a little the past couple weeks, although Minneapolis futures have fared better than the Chicago or...

Commodities markets responded to the larger-than-anticipated corn plantings, with corn prices quickly dropping 20 cents a bushel, hitting the limit and stopping trading for the day, said Mike Woolverton, grain marketing economist at Kansas State University. Commodities markets responded to the larger-than-anticipated corn plantings, with corn prices quickly dropping 20 cents a bushel, hitting the limit and stopping trading for the day, said Mike Woolverton, grain marketing economist at...

During recent months, the Colorado Wheat Administra-tive Committee (CWAC) has searched to understand the opinions and needs of Colorado wheat growers via a grower survey, town hall meetings and most recently two public hearings held by the commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) During recent months, the Colorado Wheat Administra-tive Committee (CWAC) has searched to understand the opinions and needs of Colorado wheat growers via a grower survey, town hall meetings and...

The survey, undertaken by the department of agriculture, gives an indication of the intentions of commercial farmers to plant winter crops as at the end of February 2007. Low estimates on winter wheat crop. The first estimate is based on replies received from a sample of producers for the expected area planted to wheat for the 2007 production season. The new provincial boundaries, as indicated by the municipal demarcation board in March 2006, have been taken into account for the estimate...

The increase in the size of Wisconsin's winter wheat crop since 2000 took place while the number of acres of winter wheat planted nationwide dropped from 62. Winter wheat can be grown in Wisconsin even though its farm fields freeze during the winter because the crop goes dormant after initial growth in the fall, Gaska said. The main reason for the reduction in winter wheat planting and production nationally is a switch toward corn and soybeans, which are treated more favorably under...

But even as some analysts said lower prices from a record corn crop would be a good thing, keeping animal feed and food costs from rising sharply, others warned that the report was only a prediction and farmers have plenty of time to reconsider before the end of corn-planting season. But even as some analysts said lower prices from a record corn crop would be a good thing, keeping animal feed and food costs from rising sharply, others warned that the report was only a prediction and...

Some market analysts had projected 90 million acres or more. The trade was guessing the corn acreage number would be about 88 million acres. The best growing conditions for many years in the Great Plains and strong wheat price seems to have caused the winter talk about replanting fall-planted wheat to row crops this spring to fade away. crop of soybeans last fall and the record crops of Brazilian and Argentinean soybeans being harvested right now give the world an ample supply of soybeans...

There is pressure on the Federal Government from within its own ranks to return the power of veto over wheat marketing to AWB, as farmers say the uncertainty is killing buyer confidence. The Government has yet to decide on a way forward for wheat export arrangements, after stripping AWB of its export power in the wake of the oil-for-food scandal. Queensland Senator Ron Boswell says the measure is needed to give growers certainty in planting this year s crop over coming months. WAFarmers,...