Now he's hoping to salvage a harvest from his 800 acres that had been thriving from a stretch of warm temperatures until the sudden turnaround sent temperatures plunging. Western Kentucky farmer Scott Wilferd's wheat crop was shaping up as one of his best until a late freeze turned lush fields into a patchwork of damaged plants. Most of the peach and apple crops were ruined, central Kentucky vineyards took a beating, blueberry and blackberry producers suffered damage and a Carlisle County...

By Marianne Stigset and Tom Cahill Bloomberg News Published: April 10, 2007 E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Add to Clippings Text Size LONDON: Corn investors are gleeful about the first bear market in two years. By Marianne Stigset and Tom Cahill Bloomberg News Published: April 10, 2007 E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Add to Clippings Text Size LONDON: Corn investors are...

exports will be shut out of foreign markets, the U. Such scrutiny is a fact of life in worldwide trade, and ignoring it in the ongoing revision of farming legislation is not wise, he said. Northwest Arkansas' poultry and cattle farms have encountered sharply increased grain prices as more grain goes into alternative fuels, such as ethanol. Corn and rice policies are under examination by the group, too, he said. Johanns, a former governor of Nebraska, is drafting the administration's farm...

Tyson and Conoco in biodiesel venture - Financial Times - MSNBC.com Skip navigation. Dick Bond, Tyson's president and chief executive, has been a leading advocate of the need for policymakers to recognise the knock-on effects of diverting corn from animal feed to produce ethanol, warning it could lead to a ripple effect of higher global food prices. Dick Bond, Tyson's president and chief executive, has been a leading advocate of the need for policymakers to recognise the knock-on effects...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Print Email nation . world Biotech efforts hope to harvest corn-free ethanol By Paul Elias The Associated Press Article Last Updated:04/15/2007 12:42:02 AM MDT San Francisco - The ethanol craze is putting the squeeze on corn supplies and causing food prices to rise. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Print Email nation . world Biotech efforts hope to harvest corn-free ethanol By Paul Elias The Associated Press Article Last Updated:04/15/2007...

HILLSBORO Area farmers are hoping for federal disaster relief and quick insurance decisions after last week's freeze destroyed nearly all their wheat crops and damaged corn crops. Corn crops planted in late March and early April fared better and have an opportunity to re-grow if weather permits, but the damage has left them more susceptible to fungi and diseases, said Heath Potter, a regional extension agent based in Moulton. Farmers were already apprehensive because of the record-breaking...

Department of Agriculture (USDA) projects that distilleries will require only 60 million tons of corn from the 2008 harvest. As the world corn price rises, so too do those of wheat and rice, both because of consumer substitution among grains and because the crops compete for land. Brown Investment in fuel ethanol distilleries has soared since the late-2005 oil price hikes, but data collection in this fast-changing sector has fallen behind. If the EPI estimate is at all close to the mark,...

To cash in, farmers in the United States - where corn is king - are expected to plant the largest corn crop in more than 60 years. North of the border, Ontario government officials say there are 200,000 hectares of land not seeded with winter wheat last fall that could be seeded with corn this spring. REGINA (CP) - A drive to get biofuels such as ethanol into North American gas tanks has bumped the price of corn to its highest level in years and sparked fears that costs will rise on...

Since most food items can be traced back to corn (cereals, soft drinks, meat, dairy, etc), it was only a matter of time until surging corn prices manifested themselves in higher grocery bills for everybody. A Bloomberg analysis notes that the soaring use of corn as the feedstock for fuel ethanol is creating unintended consequences throughout the global food chain. Increasing corn prices are rippling throughout the food chain, directly and indirectly affecting other commodity prices. Since...