The new harvested wheat estimate is 100,000 acres below an earlier forecast but is still 300,000 acres more than what was harvested during last year's drought-plagued season. Most of those acres are planted in winter wheat, at 10. Associated Press With corn prices high and demand from the ethanol industry growing, farmers planted the most acres of the crop the state has seen since 1943, the government said Friday. The total acreage for those crops is up 1 percent from last year. The latest...

Many producers have already been considering spraying their crops for scab. Winter wheat is more susceptible to scab than spring wheat is. Farmers in these parts haven't had to deal with such a problem for a long time, and some say it's a good problem to have. They're purposefully not spraying a section of winter wheat, so that if scab does develop, they can compare the two crops. Fusarium head blight, or scab, can damage small grains like winter wheat. Wet weather can breed disease in...

That's a milestone in and of itself, but what makes this current price rally even more unique is the timing - right as winter wheat harvest is taking place which is typically a down time for the market. Crop conditions have improved because of rainfall across most of the spring wheat region, according to Peterson, although there are some ares where it is too wet. In its June 11 supply and demand report, USDA lowered winter wheat production estimates from 1.616 billion bushels down to 1.61...

It is significant that the corn market has moved from worrying about declining crop conditions to anticipating a surplus in a period of just two weeks. Urbana, IL - The large corn acreage reflected in a recent USDA report and generally good crop conditions will keep corn prices on the defensive, though weather spikes are likely, said a University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist. Winter wheat acreage totaled 45. If the remainder of the 2007 growing season is favorable, the crop...

Growers are frustrated that they cannot get their wheat out. Becker said he expected the wheat would eventually be harvested and some of the wheat may be salvageable as feed for the farmer. What started out as a good year has turned for the worse, but no one can be certain how much affect the wet weather has had on wheat until the crop is harvested (hopefully by the end of the month) according to Swart. Many Northeast Texas wheat growers are experiencing too much of a good thing, too late...

Last year, Nebraska produced more than 61 million bushels of all wheat, making it sixth in the nation for wheat production. Currently the three big potential markets for hard white wheat are through gulf ports to Latin America for bread and tortillas, through the Pacific Northwest to Asia for noodles and steamed breads and through both sets of ports for flatbread used in the Middle East and India. Foley planted 100 dryland acres of hard white wheat this year in addition to the hard red...