For the Canadian and Argentine wheat there is competition from oilseeds and pulses, and if wheat prices do not respond it will translate into a drop in wheat acreage, he said. MUMBAI: India is unlikely to influence global wheat prices this year, thanks to estimates of a good local crop and lower import demand. He, however, said that acreage under wheat for the next year is expected to show a decline with a shift to other crops like oilseeds and pulses. On account of unanticipated demand...

What s the difference between wheat allergy and coeliac disease? It is important to remember that wheat allergy differs from the condition called coeliac disease, which is a hereditary illness. Is wheat allergy common? According to statistics, wheat allergy is supposed to be relatively uncommon, but there may be many more sufferers out there who are not even aware of the fact that they are allergic to wheat. Dietary treatment of wheat allergy If you suffer from confirmed wheat allergy, the...

In its last market update Grainfarmers reported prices of 90 per tonne ex farm for harvest wheat for those brave enough to sell it. WHEAT prices have rocketed by 10 to 15 per cent with the continued dry weather in April. Dry weather causes wheat prices to rocket. Price predictions for the next few weeks were dependent on the weather he said. Browse classifieds categories. David Sheppard, managing director of Gleadall said the price increase was due to dry weather in the UK, France and...

Price rise in pulses was due to stagnation in production while in wheat government did not have enough buffer stock for the domestic market to check prices, he added. However, in April when the new harvest came in the market prices declined. He said even after wheat and pulses were withdrawn from trading on exchange, their prices did not fall. Pricing of commodities have gone up due to stagnant productivity and supply shortfalls and to blame commodity exchanges for inflation is misplaced...

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. 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. 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...

World wheat prices flared on Thursday on fears that dry weather from Europe to Australia will damage crops and hit already tight supplies at a time when their use in biofuels is also on the rise, analysts said. French wheat futures jumped to contract highs in early trade, with November, the benchmark position for the upcoming crop, up three euros to 153 euros a tonne. Analysts said a continued lack of rainfall in Europe and Australia, both big wheat growing regions, had rattled markets....