For the wheat, the big questions are how will USDA handle freeze damage and feed usage? If crop conditions mean anything then the winter wheat yield should be below trend line. The wheat market lost ground this week, mostly on ideas that the Kansas wheat crop would still be good regardless of any freeze damage. We have been going through much of the winter and spring with traders thinking that ending stocks would have a big jump, but that may not be the case. I thought that they might come...

Farther east and south, into soft red winter wheat (SRW) growing regions through northern Alabama, many producers report a total loss of their wheat crops. The options for many producers now appear to be: wait to see if plants produce any wheat, plow it under and plant another crop, or cut it for hay, straw, or mulch. HRW crop conditions improve in a radius outside the zone where the crop was either less susceptible to yield loss or where the freeze was not as hard. Under the right...

KARACHI: Pakistan on Thursday allowed the export of an additional 500,000 tonnes of wheat in the hope of making inroads into the lucrative Indian market, a senior government official said. An expected bumper harvest of 23 million tonnes this 2006/07 crop year allowed Pakistan in January to lift a two-and-a-half year export ban intended to protect domestic supplies. The country, seeking to cut bulging wheat stocks, had already allowed export of 800,000 tonnes by private traders and removed...

Winter wheat growth is moving along. These insects can injure the root system and growing points and cause the inside of the whorl to die or the complete plants. Be sure to monitor wheat for diseases and the impact of freeze injury. Watch for cereal leaf beetle and other worms in destroyed wheat fields. Injured wheat may be used as forage if potential yields are not acceptable. Pests cropping up in crops. Also, cutworms prefer fields with green vegetation to lay eggs and also prefer low...

Colorado wheat producers are receiving new referendum ballots for the wheat assessment initiative after those already mailed were terminated and declared null and void due to an error in certification statements. This is your marketing order and the decision on an assessment increase is a big decision and should be made by those who will be most affected Colorado s wheat producers. The amendment to the order authorizes a fully refundable increase in the wheat assessment from the current...

India extends wheat tender deadline to May 21 - source May 6, 2007 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's State Trading corp. has extended the bidding deadline for a tender floated earlier this week for the import of one million tonnes of wheat, a corporation source said on Saturday. India extends wheat tender deadline to May 21 - source May 6, 2007 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's State Trading corp. has extended the bidding deadline for a tender floated earlier this week for the import of one...

It is going to take a crop production estimate by the USDA to get a feel for crop size, in the meantime weekly Monday 3:00p USDA crop condition reports are improving. It is not bullish but as long as Asia finds the exchange rate favorable and grain values affordable were in a positive demand cycle as Asian markets buy 70% of our exportable grains and corn to ethanol continues to expand. Crop tours this week by mainly inexperienced agricultural people suggest the crop is better than...

and Europe applied mild pressure, with expectations for Monday's crop progress report to show improved winter wheat crop rating and a pick up in spring wheat seeding generating light pressure as well, traders said. Two-sided trade was featured as traders took a cautious approach heading into the weekend, looking ahead to Monday's crop conditions report, analysts said. The firm estimated white winter wheat production at 242 million bushels, compared to production of 225. The absence of...

Although specialty crop producers are part of a $53 billion dollar a year industry, they experience lower than average income due to higher energy and labor costs. This means more apples, peaches, cherries and grapes, instead of wheat, sorghum, corn and alfalfa, Hermes added, Historically, program crops have dominated any sort of funding for research. It would encourage educational activities, and bring public awareness about food and human health, said Dennis Moroney, vice president of...