BY PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR The Wichita Eagle Wheat in central Kansas was hammered by the freeze in early April, but other areas of the state were less affected and the first really good harvest in almost a decade in western Kansas looks promising, according to participants in the annual Hard Red Winter Wheat Quality tour. BY PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR The Wichita Eagle Wheat in central Kansas was hammered by the freeze in early April, but other areas of the state were less affected and...

At issue is the Agrisure RW corn rootworm trait developed by Syngenta Seeds inc. The Renewable Fuels Association, a leading industry group, expressed its concerns over the product in a letter sent to Syngenta's seed executives that was obtained by The Associated Press. At issue is the Agrisure RW corn rootworm trait developed by Syngenta Seeds inc. The Renewable Fuels Association, a leading industry group, expressed its concerns over the product in a letter sent to Syngenta's seed...

Wheat growers say they will be ruined if the government moves away from a single desk wheat export marketing system. Alliance member Bob Iffla told AAP the deregulation of the dairy industry was the perfect example of what would happen to wheat growers upon removal of the export monopoly. No single desk 'will ruin wheat growers' But newly formed single desk lobby group the National Grains Alliance says croppers across the country would be ruined by the removal of the single desk. Mr...

For the wheat, the big questions are how will USDA handle freeze damage and feed usage? If crop conditions mean anything then the winter wheat yield should be below trend line. The wheat market lost ground this week, mostly on ideas that the Kansas wheat crop would still be good regardless of any freeze damage. We have been going through much of the winter and spring with traders thinking that ending stocks would have a big jump, but that may not be the case. I thought that they might come...

Farther east and south, into soft red winter wheat (SRW) growing regions through northern Alabama, many producers report a total loss of their wheat crops. The options for many producers now appear to be: wait to see if plants produce any wheat, plow it under and plant another crop, or cut it for hay, straw, or mulch. HRW crop conditions improve in a radius outside the zone where the crop was either less susceptible to yield loss or where the freeze was not as hard. Under the right...

KARACHI: Pakistan on Thursday allowed the export of an additional 500,000 tonnes of wheat in the hope of making inroads into the lucrative Indian market, a senior government official said. An expected bumper harvest of 23 million tonnes this 2006/07 crop year allowed Pakistan in January to lift a two-and-a-half year export ban intended to protect domestic supplies. The country, seeking to cut bulging wheat stocks, had already allowed export of 800,000 tonnes by private traders and removed...