Prices for grains were slipping Monday as traders worried that excess rain would boost crop yields and lead to an oversupply in the market. He adds that not only is the technical picture looking increasingly bad for corn prices, but also it seems to be dragging on the wheat futures also. In the meantime, traders will be watching the weather in the Midwest, where the level of rainfall later this week is considered critical to helping determine crop yields this season. The price was down...

Specialty crops may get bite of farm bill Finding the money is going to be the hardest part By DIANA MARRERO The Salinas Californian Washington Bureau In many ways, this year's farm bill could be the best that fruit and vegetable growers in the Salinas Valley have seen in years. Specialty crops may get bite of farm bill Finding the money is going to be the hardest part By DIANA MARRERO The Salinas Californian Washington Bureau In many ways, this year's farm bill could be the best that...

On Monday and Tuesday, the weather forecasts seemed to show a good potential for dry conditions across the Southern Plains, a good sign for farmers hoping to harvest their crops and a bearish sign for wheat prices. This week, traders watched the weather forecasts religiously and saw any slight change as an excuse to push wheat prices sharply lower or sharply higher. This year, large wheat growing regions in Australia and the Ukraine have been in drought-like conditions and the impending...

Wheat growers who have planted a variety known to be susceptible to stripe rust need to scout their fields and look for the yellow pustules that occur in stripes, she said. Fungicide application is appropriate through flowering, but once the crop is in the grain-filling stage, fungicides are unlikely to be economically reasonable, Burrows said. Symptoms generally are present and more severe in the bottom of the plant canopy where there is more moisture, although symptoms are spreading to...

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government is looking to raise wheat output by 11 percent over the next four years to touch 80 million tonnes, and step up production of rice, pulses and oilseeds, a senior government official said on Tuesday. The government wants to boost rice production to 101 million tonnes annually by 2011, from around 90 million tonnes now, as part of efforts to raise production of major food items and reduce the need for costly imports. Singh said a country of India's size,...