At a presentation to the media last week, Monsanto's product manager for wheat and oil seed, Patrick Graham, said the company was sounding a warning to the wheat industry that it could not be expected to continue paying the research and development costs involved in producing new and improved cultivars. WHEN the world's largest seed company and leading producer of genetically engineered seed asks everyone involved in the wheat value chain to help pay for its plant breeding programme in SA,...

The assistance is much needed after the rough past few years endured by the state's wheat producers. Drought conditions, along with freezes, flooding have caused losses for Kansas farmers; compounded with the rising cost of fuels and fertilizer, the aid comes none too soon. Kansas wheat leaders played a key role in getting the issue onto the radar of politcians and securing the assistance. For station contact purpose only. First Name: Location: Enter Comments: E-mail: (optional) Email will...

Most of the winter wheat is pretty close to going into the boot stage, he said, noting the best winter wheat crops he has seen this spring are located near Rapelje, Mont. Calvin said he is pleased with the results of the chemicals he recently sprayed on his wheat crops. Calvin had to replant some of his winter wheat because he didn't get all of it rolled in time. I am just thankful I don't have a tractor and 30-foot spray boom - it would never make it in these wet fields. The cool, wet...

Because of recent freeze insurance claims in OK and heavy rains in the Plains, the USDA could decrease this year's hard red wheat harvested acres by 400,000 acres when its re-surveys producers this month. S winter wheat index has declined 16 points the last few weeks to near this year's lowest value at 340-as early harvest reports last week were lower-than-expected in both the Southern Plains and the Delta. Recent dryness and high temperatures in WA and OR also caused ratings to slip,...

Argentina's southern winter wheat areas should be mainly dry or with only afew light showers for the southern winter wheat areas during the next fivedays, DTN Meteorlogix said. There is great uncertainty, inparticular, about soft red winter wheat production after a hard freeze hit thecrop Easter weekend, a CBOT floor broker said. winter wheat production, U. Early forecasts had called forsharply lower plantings due to government wheat market intervention, which keptdown spot prices, and...