Last winter's severe blizzards may have created havoc for travelers, but now all that moisture is paying off with a bumper wheat crop. Meanwhile, too much rain has been falling in other wheat-producing states, like Oklahoma and Texas, and that's helping to raise wheat prices. All across eastern Colorado, semitrailer trucks and standard farm trucks are lining up at weigh scales. Wheat farmers reaping amber waves of grain with prices up. This material may not be published, broadcast,...

In the West, torrid weather continues to promote winter wheat maturation and the rapid development of irrigated summer crops. Meanwhile on the central and southern Plains, conditions for the rain-delayed winter wheat harvest and other fieldwork have been generally improving, although overnight thunderstorms brought some renewed delays. On the Plains, favorably cooler air trails Sunday s beneficial showers across northern portions of the region, where heading spring wheat has been recently...

The nominating committee, chaired by Johnson, includes representatives of the North Dakota Crop Improvement Association, North Dakota Farm Bureau, North Dakota Farmers Union, North Dakota Grain Dealers Association, North Dakota State University Experiment Station and NDSU Extension Service, North Dakota Grain Growers Association and U. The nominating committee, chaired by Johnson, includes representatives of the North Dakota Crop Improvement Association, North Dakota Farm Bureau, North...

Wheat futures felt some borrowed strength from gains in the neighboring CBOTcorn and soybean markets, which finished higher amid forecasts for drierweather in the Midwest, analysts said. Informa estimated soft red winter wheat production at 359 million bushels,compared to the USDA's June estimate of 341 million, traders said. Wheat futures traded lower and near unchanged for much of the session beforepushing into positive territory late in the day. Trading was mostly quiet, withsome market...

The lower acreage may prompt the USDA to cut its production estimate for the year starting Aug. Futures rose 24 percent in June on speculation cotton would lose acres to corn. The USDA will update its cotton production forecast in a report due at 8:30 a. This is the fifth weekly gain in a row. Cotton Rises on Speculation U. Output to Fall on Fewer Acres By Shruti Date Singh. July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Cotton in New York rallied to a three-year high on speculation the U. Department of...

WEMA was formed at a meeting in Melbourne of delegates from the Victorian Farmers Federation, AgForce (Queensland), NSW Farmers Federation, South Australian Farmers Federation, WA Farmers and the Wheat Growers Association, which represents growers who are AWB shareholders. STATE farmer groups have joined forces to create a grain grower-owned body to manage the single desk for bulk wheat exports. Growers unite on wheat body - Business - Business - theage.com. Growers unite on wheat body....