Together we have listened to the views of growers and the NFU, to design a contract that is based on a partnership and allows for some of the vagaries that growers face in producing quality milling wheat. The premium over feed wheat could rise to as much as 25/tonne say the firms but there is also the potential of another 2 for additional protein over the 13 per cent specification. Glencores senior trader Nick Oakhill believed it would encourage growers to return to milling wheat...

Most of our farmers were saying before the freeze that the crop was one of the best looking that they had seen, and now the freeze has just destroyed it for many of them. UA specialist anticipating $100 million loss on wheat crop statewide. While wheat farmers are reeling from the effects of the freeze, Crow said that corn and milo farmers may be able to bounce back after replanting their crops after the freeze. Kelley said that many farmers were counting on the money from the wheat crop...

Wheat crop looking good But wetter weather encourages pests such as wheat rust. The wheat crop across eastern Colorado is looking great so far this year. Lousberg said they didn t have the problems with their wheat fields blowing during the fall and winter, as some growers did. From the Nebraska state line on the north to the Oklahoma Panhandle on the south, the waving fields of green show wheat that has received sufficient moisture to grow and produce well. Jack Lousberg, who raises wheat...

YET again, there has been inadequate planning and preparation for the winter wheat crop, a development that could translate into a huge deficit for the grain next year. This week, some of the key people in wheat production portrayed a gloomy assessment of the winter wheat prospects for this year. It is apparent that we have learnt little from the experiences over the past six years, where the country has been found wanting when it comes to planning and preparation for winter wheat...

The 2007 wheat crop is also struggling with wheat streak mosaic, a disease spread by the wheat curl mite. While that moisture is making the prospects of a bumper crop -- at least in the western third of the state -- a distinct possibility, it is also bringing with it difficulties that are sure to rob some of the yield potential from this year's crop. In the Plainville area, there had been plans to even apply to wheat fields a fungicide by ground sprayers -- an exceptionally uncommon...

Arv Grybauskas, extension field crops plant pathologist at the University of Maryland, says producers involved in wheat production need to be aware that there is a potential for leaf rust development this season that might require fungicide treatment on susceptible cultivars. Carroll County Times: Westminster, Maryland. Arv Grybauskas, extension field crops plant pathologist at the University of Maryland, says producers involved in wheat production need to be aware that there is a...

Whether wheat producers are compared to manufacturers or to other farmers, no case can be made that wheat is exceptional and merits exceptional treatment. What would be the reaction if all the small exporters selling their wares via the internet were forced to deliver their goods to a publicly-listed export company? These are small businesses not much different in size to a viable family farm, successfully exporting all sorts of things, from toys to computer modems. Why should wheat...

Bumper winter wheat crop forecast. The state's farmers have increased their wheat acreage by nearly one-third. Our goal is to promote a civil discussion about the news of the day and items of interests for those in the rapidcityjournal.com community. We will never edit or alter your comments, but we do reserve the right to not post or to remove comments that violate our code of conduct. We ask that readers keep their comments on topic and avoid derogatory comments about fellow readers on...

Tuesday, 15 May 2007 16:12 The NFU has welcomed the announcement of a new contract aimed at encouraging producers to consider returning to planting milling wheat. This is particularly true of milling wheat where the additional cost and risk in meeting the specification has not always been reflected in premiums available. This means the supply of wheat is no longer guaranteed, and both farmers and consumers must look to the market for security. Guy Gagen, NFU chief arable adviser, said: For...