SHERBROOKE, Qu bec, April 10, 2007 The Honourable Christian Paradis, Secretary of State for Agriculture and Member of Parliament for M gantic L' rable, on behalf of the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, today announced that the Government of Canada will invest $3. SHERBROOKE, Qu bec, April 10, 2007 The Honourable Christian Paradis, Secretary of State for Agriculture and Member of Parliament for M gantic L' rable, on...

Ug99 spread slowly across east Africa, but earlier this year spores were discovered in Yemen and the general opinion is that it is only a matter of time before the disease reaches Egypt, the Middle East, India and, very possibly, southern countries of Europe. However, one of the fathers of the "green revolution," the Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug, warns that a virulent new strain of black rust poses a major threat to global production of wheat. Ug99 spread slowly across east Africa, but...

Changes in world exports and imports are also nearly offsetting; however, major export changes include 1-million-ton reductions for both Canada and EU-25 and 0. grain sorghum exports for 2006/07 are lowered 10 million bushels reflecting lower projected imports by Mexico. Projected grain sorghum ending stocks are increased an equal amount. Exports are raised 25 million bushels to 900 million reflecting improved export prospects as U. Adjustments are also made in imports, domestic use,...

Cold weather made a surprising sweep through Alabama over the weekend, but local agriculture experts say it could be two or three weeks before any costly effects are seen. For the wheat, it s almost harvest time and once the heads have emerged, those crops are susceptible to almost anything. If they have a limited amount they can cover them, but if they have a big field of crops, there s nothing we can tell them to do. The temperatures were predicted to hit the freezing mark Friday night,...

If it were just a matter of shifting the balance in already planted acreage - more corn, less wheat - a point of economic equilibrium might be found soon enough. Much of it is unsuitable for crops - too hilly, too wet, too valuable as wildlife habitat - but when corn prices are this high, the idea of suitable changes swiftly. Soybean acres are down by more than 10 percent, and there are similar decreases in wheat and cotton. Agricultural interest groups have begun to call on the Department...