Jul 03, 2007 04:30 AM China, the world's biggest wheat producer, raised its forecast for its harvest as farmers planted the grain instead of other more labour-intensive crops, increasing prospects for boosting exports. China's better-than-expected harvest may allow the country to export more of the grain to nearby Asian countries, possibly taking market share away from the world's biggest exporters the U. The wheat harvest has been helped this year by improved production technology and...

This comes after a multiyear drought which had hurt the wheat harvest. Farmers say prices have remained at some of the highest harvest-time levels so no one is complaining about the extra loads. But farmers in south-central Kansas call the wheat harvest one of the worst ever. Piles are growing across western Kansas, a sign that the yield on crops is high. Western farmers report yields of 40 to 70 bushels an acre.

Nationally, winter wheat production is forecast at 1.56 billion bushels. Kentucky's winter wheat crop, seriously damaged by a hard freeze in early April, was cut nearly in half, the U. Yields averaged 51 bushels per acre, down from 71 bushels last year but better than the 38 bushels that had been forecast on June 1. The state's wheat crop is estimated at 12. State's wheat crop halved. You agree not to post comments that are off topic, defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening or an...

Pullman, Washington July 17, 2007 Spring and winter wheat varieties developed by Washington State University (WSU) scientists top the list of those grown in the state, according to statistics recently released by the Washington Agricultural Statistics Service of the U. Pullman, Washington July 17, 2007 Spring and winter wheat varieties developed by Washington State University (WSU) scientists top the list of those grown in the state, according to statistics recently released by the...

Producers of wheat will be free to sell their wheat either to the government or to the private sector. No restriction would be imposed on the movement of wheat at any level within the country and private traders would be allowed to buy and trade wheat without any restriction. A strategic reserve, the size of 1 million tons initially suggested under ASPL II would be reviewed by the Government, would be maintained and it will be distinguished from the operational stock, which was used to...