Wheat marketing is again dividing the Coalition as the Prime Minister tries to quell internal ructions over the future of the single desk. Nationals' Senator Barnaby Joyce has been campaigning against deregulation of the wheat marketing system and says while there are parts of the plan he is not happy with, overall it is a good outcome. Growers have until the end of March to develop a new body to run the single desk, but the party room was told that the demerged AWB International will be...

The report will include an updated yield and production forecast for winter wheat based on both producer-reported data and on actual plant and fruit counts from fields sampled as part of the Objective Yield Survey. Any reported changes will be reflected in the June Crop Production report, to be released June 11. Copyright 2007 Illinois Agricultural Association.

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. Shown among his peonies, Mayer, 40, a fifth-generation farmer, is the largest producer of fresh-cut gladiolus in the country. Shown among his peonies, Mayer, 40, a fifth-generation farmer, is the largest producer of fresh-cut gladiolus...

While no one knows at this time what yields or prices will be at harvest, wheat prices are holding up relatively well so far, and many growers are encouraged. STERLING The color of green has spread across eastern Colorado this spring, painting the winter wheat and alfalfa fields in rich and glowing tones. Wheat is at a critical stage now and needs adequate water while the grain is forming. With plenty of water in the river and area reservoirs, some growers used center pivots to irrigate...

While ethanol products made from corn have been very successful, the nation s future energy needs demand that we pursue fuel production from more than traditional crops alone. House and Senate Agriculture Committees, the GEC urged support of biofuel production from new feedstock materials as part of the 2007 Farm Bill, asking that a pilot program be developed to help promote the production, collection, processing, and transport of crops and plants used in developing a new generation of...