In addition, a massive drive against the hoarders is on the cards as due to hoarding the prices of wheat and atta have swelled 6.8 percent and 9.4 percent, respectively, when compared with the prices in the same period of last fiscal, a senior government official told The News. By Khalid Mustafa ISLAMABAD: The government has decided not to lift the ban on the export of wheat unless and until its prices plunge to the level of pre-harvesting time and stay there. In addition, a massive drive...

Barley prices range between 290 and 330 levs/ton from region to region and since they are on par with the international markets, the experts said the crop will be bought out either for export or for beer production. At the outset of the harvest season, the Bulgarian farmers are demanding a price of at least 300 levs/ton for their wheat output which should go some way to cover their losses from poor yields. Grain traders and bread producers were quick to dismiss the price target as overly...

That's a milestone in and of itself, but what makes this current price rally even more unique is the timing - right as winter wheat harvest is taking place which is typically a down time for the market. Peterson noted that spring wheat futures prices shot up 50 cents or more in the last week, and that Chicago and Kansas City both surpassed the $6 mark. Crop conditions have improved because of rainfall across most of the spring wheat region, according to Peterson, although there are some...

The fact that we often clean wheat at export terminals means that exported wheat is frequently cleaner than the wheat used domestically. In fact, some weeds commonly found in US wheat are the same as those found in the wheat of other wheat-producing nations, and these number only a few, and not 21. Additionally, the standards we set for imported wheat are exactly the same as those we set for domestically grown wheat. Finally, India s wheat market is not unique, and many other...

As far as wheat acres, more wheat was planted last fall due to the higher wheat price. Wheat does not have to be fertilized or irrigated, and the straw harvested from the wheat is sold for mulch and other uses. She said John said he was very happy the family planted wheat because of the dry weather recently and the possibility of a drought later in the summer. Times staff writer PEKIN - Havana farmer Maxine Wallbaum has farmed all her life through multiple generations and the family has...

Barley harvest is wrapping up and wheat harvest should start this week. Winter wheat was in good condition, with 8 percent rated excellent, 71 percent good, 18 percent fair and 3 percent poor. Rainfall was scattered and spotty but crops are still dry and need more rain. Nearly all barley fields have turned color and a few fields are being harvested. Soybean condition is rated 2 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 23 percent fair, 65 percent good and 5 percent excellent. Farmers have...

Goods Exports Up 9% In April-December '06 (RTTNews) - Thursday, India's agricultural goods exports grew 9% in the April- December period of 2006 despite lesser rate of growth witnessed in the farm sector and the export ban of commodities like pulses and drop in exports of wheat, diary and poultry products. Goods Exports Up 9% In April-December '06 (RTTNews) - Thursday, India's agricultural goods exports grew 9% in the April- December period of 2006 despite lesser rate of growth witnessed...

Edible oils have emerged as the favourite asset class among commodity market participants, as their prices have shot up in global and domestic markets in the past few weeks. The acreage of domestic oilseeds fell last year as farmers switched to more profitable crops such as pulses and wheat, leading to a decline of 17% in production of oilseeds. With the outlook being extremely bullish for the next few months, investors may find it profitable to bet on edible oil prices on domestic...

He estimated his winter wheat crop to average 40 bushels per acre, and his spring wheat crop at 50 bushels per acre, adding his barley looks good, too. Department of Agriculture last month show the world is down to a 71-day supply of wheat, the smallest in 25 years. Likewise, prices for hard red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat would have to be about $1. Stringer said Montana wheat farmers are poised to fill that gap and possibly reap a hefty profit. The wheat crop that year was...