wheat futures made solid gains Friday amid new estimates for tight global ending stocks and supportive rallies in neighboring markets, traders and analysts said. Department of Agriculture's May supply/demand report was seen, in part, as friendly because it pegged world carryover at 113. The precipitation has caused some wheat in Oklahoma to lay down, although the wheat should be able to recover if conditions dry up, agronomists said. CBOT corn and soybeans also rallied after the report,...

Weather slows South Dakota field work, worries wheat growers Monday, April 16, 2007, 4:26 PM by Peter Shinn The latest crop progress and condition report out Monday afternoon from the South Dakota field office of USDA's National Ag Statistics Service showed last week s moisture and cold temperatures slowed fieldwork and small grain progress across the Sunshine State. Weather slows South Dakota field work, worries wheat growers Monday, April 16, 2007, 4:26 PM by Peter Shinn The latest crop...

Kansas City wheat was supported partly by heavy rain that was flooding fields, especially in Kansas. With rain falling, prices for winter wheat rise. If you re a suburbanite interested in rural life, or have dreamed of going back to the land, or even if you just love nature, here are blogs that are well worth reading. The same factors limited the losses in Chicago wheat futures. This rural Missouri blogger left a hip life in California to raise livestock, grow vegetables and build a...

Farther east and south, into soft red winter wheat (SRW) growing regions through northern Alabama, many producers report a total loss of their wheat crops. Under the right conditions, even severly stressed wheat will produce additional tillers if the plants survive, and this appears to be happening in parts of the freeze zone. The options for many producers now appear to be: wait to see if plants produce any wheat, plow it under and plant another crop, or cut it for hay, straw, or mulch....

White production totals 241 million bushels, up 7 percent from a year ago. Harvest of the early, midseason, and Navel varieties is complete. The row count survey conducted May 2-3 showed that 60 percent of Valencia rows had been harvested. Area harvested for grain totals 37. Final yield from the early-midseason portion is unchanged from last month at 1.56 gallons, up from 1.53 gallons last season. All projections of yield assume the processing relationships this season will be similar to...