BY PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR The Wichita Eagle A near-record harvest of corn and grain sorghum -- added to a bin-buster wheat crop in the western part of the state -- has meant that thousands of bushels of Kansas grain are being piled on the ground at elevators. BY PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR The Wichita Eagle A near-record harvest of corn and grain sorghum -- added to a bin-buster wheat crop in the western part of the state -- has meant that thousands of bushels of Kansas grain are being...

Most- active futures, which at one point yesterday rose the exchange limit of 30 cents, are down 15 percent since reaching a record $9. About 55 percent of the crop was in good or excellent condition compared with 60 percent a year earlier, the government said. Some analysts had expected a bigger drop, after wheat surged to a record high last month. Dry weather in other parts of the state is also hurting crops. In Kansas, the largest wheat-producing state, 61 percent of the crop was in...

Greenhouse and nursery plants are the state's most valuable commodities, with production valued at $877 million in 2005-06. The league's board of directors was most concerned about a "lack of public process" when the Legislature drafted Measure 49, the group said in a news release. The cattlemen's association, formed in Baker County in 1913, warned its members that Measure 49's "anti-constitution and anti-private property special interests" are out to control them. Farmers in the...

Also, the market could currently be overbought, due to the number of funds currently investing in the market, a trader said. News that Argentina, normally the world's sixth largest exporter, was returning exports to market following better than expected crops was weighing on prices. However, fundamentals for Robusta in London remain strong, with crops at historically low levels, ongoing concerns about weather conditions in key producers, and a fresh influx on interest from non-physical...

We look for the corn market to open lower this morning and look for direction from the outside markets and investment funds. All the grain markets, but especially corn, seem to get its price action from the outside markets and investment funds, instead of weather and S&D estimates, but that isn?t uncommon this time of the year. Will pull wheat acres from areas not expected! This leaves less acres available for the mix of corn and beans. Some experienced traders are looking at historical...

Louisiana, among the nation's top 10 cotton producing states, is expected to yield its biggest corn crop on record this year, after higher prices prompted many farmers to plant much, if not all, of their cotton acres to corn. Gins could go out of business, and if the shift became more permanent, there could be a restructuring of agriculture in the state, with grain and row crops -- wheat, corn, soybeans -- gaining greater ground, he said. montgomeryadvertiser.com:: Cotton-to-corn switch...