Demand for US wheat is soaring, despite the highest prices in 11 years, amid tight global supplies and concern that severe weather will continue to cut wheat quality and yields in Europe, analysts and wheat traders said. US wheat export sales last week reached the highest level in years as some regular customers have been buying more wheat than normal, fearing prices could rise further, analysts said. In parts US hard red winter wheat belt, the spring freeze followed by persistent rain and...

Since wheat flour will not be tested for the same phytosanitary specifications as wheat grain, it will bypass the objections raised by the agriculture ministry against US wheat. Since the largest exporter of wheat (US) may not be able to participate in our tender, an alternative that could be considered would be to reduce the duty on wheat flour to 0% from the present 30% This could also reduce pressure on the domestic market for wheat since flour millers require large quantities of wheat...

On the other hand the price of wheat also registered a decline in the open market as on Monday the open market price of wheat was at Rs475 per 40 kilogram. On the other hand, the Punjab food department has over 2.6 million tonnes wheat in its stocks and the PASCO has also assured to provide 300,000 tonne wheat to Punjab for this season. Sources said that initially the government agreed to release wheat from the first week of September at Rs460 per 40 kilogram. They further said the Punjab...

Chisinau, 30 July /MOLDPRES/ - As much as 3,400 tons of wheat have been purchased for the state reserve out of the necessary quantity of 30,000 tons during the first round of national tenders, the director of the Agency of Material Reserves, Public Acquisitions and Humanitarian Assistance, Ion Turcan, has said. As much as 3,400 tons of wheat purchased for Moldova's state reserve. Chisinau, 30 July /MOLDPRES/ - As much as 3,400 tons of wheat have been purchased for the state reserve out of...

Wet wheat fields are impossible to combine because the wet straw is impossible to cut and it s also hard for heavy combines to get into a wet field, he said. Compared to the dry spell experienced during May, June and July of 2006 and 2005, two local agricultural officials say the rainfall nearly made up for the two previous years. County extension agents say this summer s abundance of rain was welcomed by most local farmers and should result in an abundance of farm yields for rice,...

Nearly a million acres of wheat were abandoned because of late freezes, insects and disease. With harvest just weeks away, nature s signs point to a bountiful harvest come fall. If those estimates hold up and the corn harvest turns out to be as good as expected, Kansas farmers likely will bring in more than 400 million bushels of corn this year. Earlier this month, the service revised its Kansas wheat production forecast downward to 300. The service on Monday rated corn condition as 13...