Farmers managed to harvest a small amount of wheat at the beginning of last week but weather conditions delayed field activities for the remainder of the week. Indiana: Eighty-five percent of the winter wheat acreage is headed compared with 91 percent for last year and 87 percent for the 5-year average. Insect infestation reports indicate 57 percent of the wheat showed no infestation, 25 percent showed light infestation, 14 percent showed moderate infestation, and 4 percent showed severe...

Speaking informally to the media on the sidelines of an export award function, Mr Pillai said that anticipated decline in local production in the EU would provide the Indian sugar industry with an excellent export opportunity, one that could be a natural hedge against domestic price fluctuations. Speaking informally to the media on the sidelines of an export award function, Mr Pillai said that anticipated decline in local production in the EU would provide the Indian sugar industry with an...

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Estimates of crop damage from hail storms this spring -- in particular that May 14 storm -- has reached into the millions and continues to grow. Cooksey, of Cooksey Farms southeast of Roggen in southern Weld County, learned that 2,200 acres of wheat had been damaged to the point that it might yield six bushels to the acre, the result of a May 14 hail storm that hammered the area. An estimated 70,000 acres of dryland wheat was hit in southern Weld into Adams and Morgan counties and more...

However, there is still considerable scope for increasing the productivity because the yields actually being achieved for many crops are much below the realisable potential even of existing varieties if best cultivation practices are used. These yield gaps suggest that there is considerable scope for increasing production with the existing technology to realise the targets of 4 per cent growth in agricultural GDP in the Eleventh Plan. This is especially so, given the challenge of global...