It also received updates on grading studies and projects and a presentation on the removal of kernel visual distinguishability (KVD) and the introduction of a new general purpose wheat class. He also explained how the removal of kernel visual distinguishability, a variety identification tool and registration requirement for western Canadian wheat, will affect the wheat grading system. The WSC also received updates on grading studies and projects Received a report on main grading factors...

Soybean production this year fell 19 percent from last year's level because farmers dedicated fewer acres to beans amid a boom for corn to make ethanol. NEW YORK - Soybean prices surged Wednesday as crude oil and gasoline prices climbed, making fuels such as soybean oil-based biodiesel more attractive as an alternative. While the soybean harvest this fall was unproblematic, analysts still worry that current supplies could quickly tighten as high oil prices spur more rapid development of...

The advances in the pomegranate trade are a sliver of good news from a region of Afghanistan known more for its Taliban attacks and thriving opium trade. The advances in the pomegranate trade are a sliver of good news from a region of Afghanistan known more for its Taliban attacks and thriving opium trade. Ubaidullah Jan, a 50-year-old farmer from the Arghandab area just north of Kandahar, said the price his pomegranates command has doubled this year to about 54 cents a pound, due to the...

Today's Top Stories Asia to bear the brunt of climate change London - Global warming could reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia, where food shortages loom and more than half the continent's 4 billion people live along vulnerable coasts, a new report issued by Oxfam and Greenpeace warned Monday. Today's Top Stories Asia to bear the brunt of climate change London - Global warming could reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia, where food shortages...

AWB general manager for the National Pool, David Johnson, said deliveries into the pool are proceeding strongly as harvest continues to advance in the southern growing regions. However, AWB says it is likely that the Number 2 Pool EPRs will be of lower value due to the anticipated world wheat price reduction when the next northern hemisphere harvest begins in mid to late July 2008. This is to protect the financial equity of growers that deliver early to the Pool. We invite and encourage...