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. Under the right conditions, even severly stressed wheat will produce additional tillers if the plants survive, and this appears to be happening in parts of the freeze zone. 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....

White production totals 241 million bushels, up 7 percent from a year ago. Harvest of the early, midseason, and Navel varieties is complete. The row count survey conducted May 2-3 showed that 60 percent of Valencia rows had been harvested. Area harvested for grain totals 37. Final yield from the early-midseason portion is unchanged from last month at 1.56 gallons, up from 1.53 gallons last season. All projections of yield assume the processing relationships this season will be similar to...

Producers with wheat damaged by the recent frost have some difficult decisions to make, which may be limited to some extent by crop insurance requirements, a Kansas State University agronomist said. If the freeze damage is severe, one option is to use the wheat as a forage crop--either by cutting it for hay or grazing it out. Haying, grazing freeze-damaged wheat may be option for some. If the decision is made to hay or graze growing wheat, producers have until the late-boot stage to...

In my own constituency, in April, which is a hot month, we had hailstorms of the size of a tennis ball, which destroyed the entire wheat crop in the Tarai. If the projections of the scientists are correct - they have been absolutely correct so far, in their milestones - this may be the last few years that India exists as a State with any form of governance. In one particular island, 600 families had to move inward when the entire island, like Dwarka, had disappeared under the ocean. Most...

The prime minister desires that in the meeting of the full Planning Commission, the focus should be less on analysis of the problems of the agriculture sector, but rather on specific areas where action would be visible in a short time. The crucial meeting has been called by the prime minister to draft a short-term strategy to boost farm growth, which has stagnated in the past decade, so that results can emerge at the earliest, officials said. Politically, the United Progressive Alliance...

While having two classes of shares made sense when the co-ops were transformed into public companies as growers were better represented it now makes little sense as the companies are growing and looking to attract additional capital, which is harder in a more complicated structure such as having two separate classes of stock. While having two classes of shares made sense when the co-ops were transformed into public companies as growers were better represented it now makes little sense as...