The USDA Risk Management Agency regional office in Topeka, Kansas, this week reminded wheat growers that they need to contact their crop insurance company prior to putting their wheat acres to another use either by haying or grazing the wheat or by planting the acres to another crop. RMA: Contact insurance provider before destroying freeze-damaged wheat. The USDA Risk Management Agency regional office in Topeka, Kansas, this week reminded wheat growers that they need to contact their crop...

Soybean acreage is expected to be down 8.4 million acres, and spring wheat acreage is projected to decline by 1.1 million acres. This expected surge caused corn prices to be very high during the winter, which led producers to increase acreage to meet the growing demand, he said. Corn for ethanol production is expected to surge by at least 65 percent for the 2007 corn crop compared to last year's crop, Hurt said. However, there will be a large inventory of unused 2006 crop beans that will...

Farmers who had been counting on a bountiful wheat crop now are wondering how much they'll be able to salvage. News video: Wheat crops damaged by Easterfreeze. Video 6News video: Wheat crops damaged by Easter freeze Farmers who had been counting on a bountiful wheat crop now are wondering how much they'll be able to salvage.

While this is good news for growers, it does not alleviate one of the biggest challenges in the farming sector todayn skyrocketing production costs, Tallman said. He also joined a number of other witnesses in encouraging Senators to take cost of production, rather than just commodity price, into serious consideration. Over the term of the 2002 Farm Bill, wheat growers, like many farmers, have seen some price increases for their commodities. NAWG supports a higher direct payment because it...

wheat industry has been working to assure consumers that American wheat and wheat products are safe, affordable and wholesome. Many of these areas produce wheat gluten as a byproduct of wheat starch. NAWG is also working hard to ensure that the safety net needed by growers is in place and works well, to help cushion the boom and bust cycles inherent in farming," Thaemert said. Wheat gluten is used mainly as an ingredient for improving the rising ability and textural qualities of bread and...

Jerry Kuehnlein said Michigan stands to gain as more auto fuel producers add ethanol to their petroleum-based gasoline and more ethanol production plants are built. Kuehnlein uses soy diesel in his tractors and trucks and would like to see the product marketed and expanded like ethanol. Many farmers have invested in ethanol plants such as the new one in Riga because of the abundance of corn, advancement of corn hybrids and new technology in ethanol production. Kuehnlein bought a larger...

BY PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR The Wichita Eagle Wheat in central Kansas was hammered by the freeze in early April, but other areas of the state were less affected and the first really good harvest in almost a decade in western Kansas looks promising, according to participants in the annual Hard Red Winter Wheat Quality tour. BY PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR The Wichita Eagle Wheat in central Kansas was hammered by the freeze in early April, but other areas of the state were less affected and...

At issue is the Agrisure RW corn rootworm trait developed by Syngenta Seeds inc. The Renewable Fuels Association, a leading industry group, expressed its concerns over the product in a letter sent to Syngenta's seed executives that was obtained by The Associated Press. At issue is the Agrisure RW corn rootworm trait developed by Syngenta Seeds inc. The Renewable Fuels Association, a leading industry group, expressed its concerns over the product in a letter sent to Syngenta's seed...

Wheat growers say they will be ruined if the government moves away from a single desk wheat export marketing system. Alliance member Bob Iffla told AAP the deregulation of the dairy industry was the perfect example of what would happen to wheat growers upon removal of the export monopoly. No single desk 'will ruin wheat growers' But newly formed single desk lobby group the National Grains Alliance says croppers across the country would be ruined by the removal of the single desk. Mr...