The government has chosen to enter the global wheat market to import 350,000 tonnes of wheat at a time when the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has reported export supplies to be exceptionally tight and prices ruling 50 to 65 per cent above last year. Govt 'mistimes' wheat imports. The government has chosen to enter the global wheat market to import 350,000 tonnes of wheat at a time when the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has reported export supplies to be...

Heavy fund liquidation and spreading has pressured the more active markets while the spring wheat market held strength due to tight supplies. Export sales have been very disappointing for the winter wheat crops, with cancellations starting to show up as competition increases from the Black Sea and Argentina. The corn and bean complexes held their strength very well on the back of a higher crude oil market and expectations of lower production estimates from USDA. The cattle complex was...

Last year s crop is having a negative effect on this year s crop. The newly emerged winter wheat crop has deteriorated further, officials say, due to several factors. This week, KASS is reporting the new crop s condition declined in the past week, saying about 16 percent is in poor to very poor condition. A small fire erupted after railroad workers fixing ties along the tracks realized the ties were too hot and the surrounding brush caught flame. About 95 percent of the soybeans have been...

The Weekly Weather And Crop Bulletin published by USDDA s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that for the week ending November 4, 76 percent of the winter wheat crop had emerged, slightly behind last year s 80 percent at this time and the 5-year average of 81 percent. The Weekly Weather And Crop Bulletin published by USDDA s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that for the week ending November 4, 76 percent of the winter wheat crop had emerged, slightly behind...

By next summer, near harvest time for winter wheat the only major Virginia grain crop that grows during the colder months the price is expected to be more than $7 a bushel, said Chesapeake extension agent Watson Lawrence. In Chesapeake, Lawrence said, some farmers stopped harvesting soybeans, now bringing about $10 a bushel, to plant wheat. This year, the price for w inter wheat is expected to be more than $7 a bushel, but farmers worry about the higher costs of fuel and fertilizer....

Yap attributed the high crop output to the expansion of harvested areas, the use of hybrid and certified seeds through the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) programs for rice and corn and the synchronized planting after the dry spell in the Visayas and Mindanao. Livestock production increased 2.06 percent notwithstanding an outbreak of swine cholera in Bulacan province, which DA field technicians quickly contained. Yap attributed the high crop output to the expansion of harvested areas, the...