Winter wheat growth is moving along. These insects can injure the root system and growing points and cause the inside of the whorl to die or the complete plants. Be sure to monitor wheat for diseases and the impact of freeze injury. Watch for cereal leaf beetle and other worms in destroyed wheat fields. Injured wheat may be used as forage if potential yields are not acceptable. Pests cropping up in crops. Also, cutworms prefer fields with green vegetation to lay eggs and also prefer low...

Colorado wheat producers are receiving new referendum ballots for the wheat assessment initiative after those already mailed were terminated and declared null and void due to an error in certification statements. This is your marketing order and the decision on an assessment increase is a big decision and should be made by those who will be most affected Colorado s wheat producers. The amendment to the order authorizes a fully refundable increase in the wheat assessment from the current...

India extends wheat tender deadline to May 21 - source May 6, 2007 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's State Trading corp. has extended the bidding deadline for a tender floated earlier this week for the import of one million tonnes of wheat, a corporation source said on Saturday. India extends wheat tender deadline to May 21 - source May 6, 2007 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's State Trading corp. has extended the bidding deadline for a tender floated earlier this week for the import of one...

It is going to take a crop production estimate by the USDA to get a feel for crop size, in the meantime weekly Monday 3:00p USDA crop condition reports are improving. It is not bullish but as long as Asia finds the exchange rate favorable and grain values affordable were in a positive demand cycle as Asian markets buy 70% of our exportable grains and corn to ethanol continues to expand. Crop tours this week by mainly inexperienced agricultural people suggest the crop is better than...

and Europe applied mild pressure, with expectations for Monday's crop progress report to show improved winter wheat crop rating and a pick up in spring wheat seeding generating light pressure as well, traders said. Two-sided trade was featured as traders took a cautious approach heading into the weekend, looking ahead to Monday's crop conditions report, analysts said. The firm estimated white winter wheat production at 242 million bushels, compared to production of 225. The absence of...

Although specialty crop producers are part of a $53 billion dollar a year industry, they experience lower than average income due to higher energy and labor costs. This means more apples, peaches, cherries and grapes, instead of wheat, sorghum, corn and alfalfa, Hermes added, Historically, program crops have dominated any sort of funding for research. It would encourage educational activities, and bring public awareness about food and human health, said Dennis Moroney, vice president of...