Most important, control measures in affected countries should include the introduction of more resistant wheat varieties and restricting planting dates to break the disease cycle. FAO confirmed in a recent field mission to Yemen that a particularly virulent strain of the disease, called Ug99, had affected wheat fields in the country for the first time. Wheat stem rust is capable of causing severe agricultural losses by destroying entire wheat fields. A wheat rust epidemic in Yemen would be...

Worried that it may not be able to shore up buffer wheat levels from domestic supply alone, Centre will further contract import of 10 lakh tonne wheat this year. Despite good harvest 10 lakh tonnes of wheat to be imported. Four weeks into the procurement process, Government agencies have managed to procure only half of targeted 150 lakh tones of wheat. A record wheat crop of 737 lakh tonnes has been estimated this year and harvesting of wheat in Punjab and Haryana is in full swing. After...

A significant rise in wheat output is also foreseen, with a recovery in some major exporting countries after weather problems last year. Maize prices have escalated in South Africa, the region s main exporting country, where inadequate precipitation will reduce yields. Prospects vary considerably from country to country with significant crop losses due to floods in some areas and reduced yields due to long dry weather spells in others. Although the forecast is still highly tentative,...

It said wheat prices rose about 40 pct year-on-year, due to a disastrous harvest in Australia and increased demand from the bio-fuel industry, thus virtually halving its Food division's operating profit. The agriculture, food and engineering group maintained its interim dividend at 5.5 pence. Prices displayed on Hemscott.com are delayed by at least 15 minutes unless otherwise stated. The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is...

April 29, 2007 -- THE recent recall of pet foods with wheat gluten has sparked a lot of discussion about what we really should feed our cats. They can metabolize some carbs, but they dont do it very efficiently. On a recent trip to the cat-food emporium, I found several brands of canned and dry foods with no wheat in them at all, and only brown rice (not the rice protein involved in the recall), including Felidae and Solid Gold - and there are more. But if youre still worried, you can...