Producers with wheat damaged by the recent frost have some difficult decisions to make, which may be limited to some extent by crop insurance requirements, a Kansas State University agronomist said. If the freeze damage is severe, one option is to use the wheat as a forage crop--either by cutting it for hay or grazing it out. Haying, grazing freeze-damaged wheat may be option for some. If the decision is made to hay or graze growing wheat, producers have until the late-boot stage to...

In my own constituency, in April, which is a hot month, we had hailstorms of the size of a tennis ball, which destroyed the entire wheat crop in the Tarai. If the projections of the scientists are correct - they have been absolutely correct so far, in their milestones - this may be the last few years that India exists as a State with any form of governance. In one particular island, 600 families had to move inward when the entire island, like Dwarka, had disappeared under the ocean. Most...

The prime minister desires that in the meeting of the full Planning Commission, the focus should be less on analysis of the problems of the agriculture sector, but rather on specific areas where action would be visible in a short time. The crucial meeting has been called by the prime minister to draft a short-term strategy to boost farm growth, which has stagnated in the past decade, so that results can emerge at the earliest, officials said. Politically, the United Progressive Alliance...

While having two classes of shares made sense when the co-ops were transformed into public companies as growers were better represented it now makes little sense as the companies are growing and looking to attract additional capital, which is harder in a more complicated structure such as having two separate classes of stock. While having two classes of shares made sense when the co-ops were transformed into public companies as growers were better represented it now makes little sense as...

FEATURE-Climate change drives farm revolution in Australia 14 May 2007 07:03:29 GMT Source: Reuters By Michael ByrnesCOWRA, Australia, May 14 (Reuters) - Farmer James Fagan uses satellites to guide his tractor when it plants his crop in the heart of Australia's drought-hit eastern wheat belt. FEATURE-Climate change drives farm revolution in Australia 14 May 2007 07:03:29 GMT Source: Reuters By Michael ByrnesCOWRA, Australia, May 14 (Reuters) - Farmer James Fagan uses satellites to guide...