usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Threshing Bee set this weekend at Patrick Ranch E-R Staff Article Launched:06/08/2007 02:15:53 AM PDT DURHAM Demonstrations at the annual Patrick Ranch Threshing Bee and Farm Equipment Display Saturday and Sunday will show how farm families lived and harvested wheat 100 years ago. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Threshing Bee set this weekend at Patrick Ranch E-R Staff Article Launched:06/08/2007 02:15:53 AM PDT DURHAM Demonstrations at the...

The government last week announced the single desk system would continue but disgraced marketing and export company AWB, which paid kickbacks to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, would not be involved. The decision has angered some Liberal backbenchers who wanted the single desk system to be abolished. May 27, 2007 - 11:09AM Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader Mark Vaile says a large majority of wheat growers want the single desk system for wheat exports retained. Get free news...

By Philip Scott SURGING demand from China, the growing fashion for alternative fuels and some of the driest weather conditions on record have pushed crop prices to their highest levels for years, leading some analysts to suggest we are at the start of a multi-year bull market in everything from wheat to milk. By Philip Scott SURGING demand from China, the growing fashion for alternative fuels and some of the driest weather conditions on record have pushed crop prices to their highest...

With the region looking at what appears to be its best wheat harvest in a decade, producers are increasingly concerned about having enough fuel to keep the combines and trucks rolling. Co-op manager Pat Peterson said the shortages are likely to affect most of the western third of Kansas -- the area expected to have the heaviest wheat harvest. A shortage of diesel fuel supplies is the result of a combination of weather and maintenance problems at refineries and terminals in the region that...

In particular, high-protein crops like soybeans that are necessary feed for dairy cows are in short supply in some regions, forcing some companies to import them from as far away as China. They make up only a small slice, about 3 percent, of the nation's food market, but increasing demand is pushing more farmers to make the switch in hopes of higher returns. Demand for consumer organic dairy products has grown by more than 20 percent each year, a trend that is expected to continue at least...