KARACHI: Pakistan on Thursday allowed the export of an additional 500,000 tonnes of wheat in the hope of making inroads into the lucrative Indian market, a senior government official said. An expected bumper harvest of 23 million tonnes this 2006/07 crop year allowed Pakistan in January to lift a two-and-a-half year export ban intended to protect domestic supplies. The country, seeking to cut bulging wheat stocks, had already allowed export of 800,000 tonnes by private traders and removed...

Winter wheat growth is moving along. These insects can injure the root system and growing points and cause the inside of the whorl to die or the complete plants. Be sure to monitor wheat for diseases and the impact of freeze injury. Watch for cereal leaf beetle and other worms in destroyed wheat fields. Injured wheat may be used as forage if potential yields are not acceptable. Pests cropping up in crops. Also, cutworms prefer fields with green vegetation to lay eggs and also prefer low...

Colorado wheat producers are receiving new referendum ballots for the wheat assessment initiative after those already mailed were terminated and declared null and void due to an error in certification statements. This is your marketing order and the decision on an assessment increase is a big decision and should be made by those who will be most affected Colorado s wheat producers. The amendment to the order authorizes a fully refundable increase in the wheat assessment from the current...

India extends wheat tender deadline to May 21 - source May 6, 2007 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's State Trading corp. has extended the bidding deadline for a tender floated earlier this week for the import of one million tonnes of wheat, a corporation source said on Saturday. India extends wheat tender deadline to May 21 - source May 6, 2007 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's State Trading corp. has extended the bidding deadline for a tender floated earlier this week for the import of one...

It is going to take a crop production estimate by the USDA to get a feel for crop size, in the meantime weekly Monday 3:00p USDA crop condition reports are improving. It is not bullish but as long as Asia finds the exchange rate favorable and grain values affordable were in a positive demand cycle as Asian markets buy 70% of our exportable grains and corn to ethanol continues to expand. Crop tours this week by mainly inexperienced agricultural people suggest the crop is better than...