The agriculture minister in Ukraine's Crimea, Pavlo Akimov, said earlier that temperatures of up to 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) and soil temperatures of up to 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit) in May, as well as a lack of rainfall, had damaged winter and spring grain crops, in particular barley, oats and grain legumes. The agriculture minister in Ukraine's Crimea, Pavlo Akimov, said earlier that temperatures of up to 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) and...

They talk shop, farming and watch the machines in action as they harvest fields of ripe wheat. Friends, collectors and enthusiasts from across the world attend Klutzke's annual wheat harvest. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Tractor enthusiasts celebrate Allis-Chalmers tractors. Seventy-7-year-old Marion Klutzke is hosting the fifth Annual Little K Wheat Harvest on his farm through Thursday. When Allis-Chalmers stopped manufacturing in 1985 after...

Instead, farmers who grow wheat, corn for feed and processing, soybeans, rice and cotton -- known as ''program crops'' -- have received the vast majority of subsidies. Department of Agriculture Lettuce, celery, grapefruit, strawberries and the other fresh fruits and vegetables Florida produces in abundance have traditionally received minimal support in the nation's $80 billion-a-year farm bill. With only so much money to go around, there's a fight between agriculture's traditional...

A substantial freeze in April has been followed by storms, heavy rainfall and flooding in harvest areas, significantly impacting the crop and harvest pace. Kansas City Board of Trade electronic wheat futures volume for the month of June was a record 153,437 contracts, smashing the previous monthly record set in April 2007 by 33. Continuing concerns about hard red winter wheat crop size and quality have led to volatile markets and increased trading volume. In addition, total wheat futures...

Wednesday s lower than expected builds did help support this market, but as you know, I felt this market would be above seventy dollars this week, no matter what. News of the attack, which stirred fears of cocoa production and marketing interruptions, along with technical price considerations, rallied the market. As you can see my new carryout is not as small as some but the trend line yield has been beat over the past two years and unless weather becomes far more threatening this year I...

Many commentators, including me, were fearful that the Democrat takeover of the US Congress would lead to a reversal in US trade politics in the sense that labour rights and the environment would move higher up their agenda, but would be resisted in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), thereby spelling doom for the round (and possibly the WTO itself) Many commentators, including me, were fearful that the Democrat takeover of the US Congress would lead to a reversal in US trade politics in...

It can be used for weed control for a wide range of crops, from wheat to sugar beets. Workers who were harvesting asparagus spears recently moved on to the cherry harvest, leaving some asparagus growers to plow up their remaining crop. More than three months after regulators in the United States and Canada announced that pesticides and herbicides in the two countries could be jointly labeled, only two farm chemicals are using the process. The letter defines what the groups consider...

Maryland farmers have until the end of the month to sign up for $8 million in state money earmarked to pay for winter cover crops. The program, administered through local Soil Conservation Districts and managed by the Maryland Agricultural Water Quality Cost-Share Program (MACS), is designed to encourage farmers to plant grains such as barley, wheat and rye on fields after their summer crops are harvested. Carroll County Times: Westminster, Maryland , The program, administered through...

Weather forecasts through May 10 indicate the crop will get planted at about an average pace, therefore the market is slowly removing weather premium from prices. Our spring wheat crop is currently being seeded and producers will finish in May. This is when seasonal price trends turn lower as the market prepares for the impending winter wheat harvest. WHEAT Wheat futures have rallied sharply so far in the month of April due to frost damage that occurred over the Easter weekend. Producers...