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A warm winter followed by a cold spring has devastated Kentucky's winter wheat crop and could cost the state's grain farmers $45 million or more in lost revenues. Kentucky farmers had about 300,000 acres planted in wheat this year, Herbek said, compared with 1.3 million acres each of soybeans and corn. Unseasonably warm weather coaxed the grain out of its winter dormancy earlier than usual and left the tender new leaves vulnerable to last week's cold. Halcomb estimated the damage will cost...

Soybean leaves show various amounts of soybean rust. Experts say the recent confirmation of soybean rust in Iowa in 2006 should serve as a reminder that the fungus can happen in Iowa. On March 8, he says an independent crop consultant brought in two baggies, one containing seeds and pods and one with parts of a dead soybean leaf. While experts were able to confirm rust on the soybean leaves when they were dead, Tylka says it is more important to look for signs of the disease earlier. After...

That appears to be 12 million acres more than last year when 78 million acres were in corn. If the numbers are accurate (there is always the chance some acres might not be able to swim, Brother Jim) over 90 million acres are projected to be planted to corn. For at least six weeks prior to the release of the report, traders, hedgers, merchandisers, and farmers were trying to get a handle on the 2007 crop acres for corn, soybeans, and wheat. If you deduct 6-8 million acres for silage the...

The United States is the biggest producer and exporter of both crops, with a corn crop valued at $33. About 20 percent of last year's crop will be used for ethanol in the market year that ends Aug. The latest report is based on a survey of 86,000 farmers taken during the first two weeks of March. The projected spring plantings are up 15 percent from last year's 78. The ethanol boom has pushed corn prices to near-record levels. Agriculture Department Friday raised its predictions for spring...

exports will be shut out of foreign markets, the U. The secretary also said that recently released estimates of crop acreage show that U. Such scrutiny is a fact of life in worldwide trade, and ignoring it in the ongoing revision of farming legislation is not wise, he said. Northwest Arkansas' poultry and cattle farms have encountered sharply increased grain prices as more grain goes into alternative fuels, such as ethanol. Johanns, a former governor of Nebraska, is drafting the...