The SBP quarterly report released here on Saturday said: There is a significant potential to further enhance yields, if growers emphasised on further improvement in soil management through laser-levelling technology, planting of certified seed, improvements in weed and pest control. The SBP quarterly report released here on Saturday said: There is a significant potential to further enhance yields, if growers emphasised on further improvement in soil management through laser-levelling...

The halt to exports has brought down wheat prices in the local market, forcing the farming community to sell their produce to Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Supplies Corporation and provincial food departments. By Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: The government s decision to suspend wheat exports, in an attempt to cool domestic prices of the commodity, will not only hit the exporters but the growers as well. Various lobbies are behind this move of banning wheat exports to make the country a net...

One item is that the 2007 world wheat crop is in development with the winter wheat crop nearing harvest and spring wheat nearing the completion of planting. This is typically a time of year when wheat prices trend lower because of the pending winter wheat harvest, which will begin filling the pipelines. However, bullish USDA reports, the uncertainty of damage to the winter wheat crop, and better than expected export sales have combined to keep prices better. Peterson said a lot depends on...

Specialty crops: Supporters in Congress are trying to increase market access, research and nutrition programs for the state's fruit and vegetable producers. Research funding for specialty crops is among the dozens of proposals that will be considered in the legislation, which was last written in 2002 and gives farmers payments and other help to supplement their incomes, support crop prices and manage supplies. Farm bill: Michigan agriculture is anticipating Congress' work on the federal...

Seeding of wheat acres began the first week of September and progressed slightly behind average through September. Dry weather the first week of October provided farmers with 6.7 days suitable for field work which pushed wheat seedings to 75 percent complete, three percent ahead of the five-year average. Expected winter wheat production up 24 percent. Wheat jointing has been ahead of normal this spring with 92 percent of the wheat jointed on April 29. Wheat condition also dropped from 77...