Kansas farmers will help the nation harvest a wheat crop that s predicted to be 24 percent bigger than last year s drought-plagued crop, the agricultural service said. He said he has seen some farmers and gardeners with good sweet corn in their fields. The same goes for field corn, which is what s growing in most large fields of corn, he said. Heavy rains that caused area flooding in May have continued into June, threatening to play havoc with the area wheat harvest. I have some kids out...

Grain company Bunge Limited has set up a Web site that uses individual farmers knowledge to forecast how the country s crops will perform. Northeast Indiana farmers know exactly how corn is faring in their fields, but they have less precise information about the nation s crop. Some area farmers and agriculture experts are using the Farmetrics site to gain insight into price and market trends. Farmetrics users can make weekly guesses about how much grain was planted in their county, how...

Ganesan Srinivasan, director of the university farm, said there should be plenty of both white and yellow corn available through the summer and well into fall. Due to increased demand for sweet corn, we planted additional acreages this year, Srinivasan said. In spite of higher input and labor costs, we will keep our prices at last year s levels to serve our loyal customers, said Jennifer Sobieralski, Farm Market manager. Move over olive oil and wines, Fresno State s popular sweet corn has...

GOVERNMENT has imported 500 000 tonnes of maize from Zambia and Malawi as it steps up efforts to avert drought-induced hunger while the Grain Marketing Board has set aside over $2 trillion to buy maize from farmers in the current marketing season. The Minister of State for National Security, Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement, Cde Didymus Mutasa, who is also the chairman of the National Task Force on Food Procurement and Distribution, on Wednesday said the Government was importing grain...

corn crops are typically planted by the end of May. Monsanto genetically engineers corn and other seeds to increase their yields and resistance to disease and poor weather. Farmers have rushed to increase corn production as booming ethanol demand spurs corn prices higher. A strong ending to the corn planting season in the United States is boosting the company's earnings this year. The company already benefited from booming corn prices during the last quarter. Monsanto is also getting help...