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ECONOMY Tue Sep 2, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) -- Farm service agencies in at least two Eastern Oregon counties are applying for disaster relief from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Unseasonably cool temperatures in the spring delayed the wheat crop in Morrow and Gilliam coun.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Aug 25, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota farmers have harvested nearly a third of the state's spring wheat crop, helped by warm dry weather all last week. The weekly crop report from the Minnesota field office the U.S. Department of Agriculture says there were.. Read More

ECONOMY Sun Aug 24, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- Across the country, from grain elevator to grain elevator, golden wheat and corn are piled in towering mounds, waiting for a rail car to haul them to market. Some grain can sit for a month or more on the ground, exposed to wind, rain and rats. It's the.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Aug 12, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Corn and wheat prices dipped on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture lifted its production estimates for those grains. Soybean prices, however, edged higher. The USDA reported that this year's soybean crop would be slightly s.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Jul 22, 2008 @ 6:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Times are good for wheat farmers, but they should resist the urge to harvest their crop residue and sell it for ethanol production, a federal researcher says. Leaving wheat residue on the ground helps preserve the rich soil of the.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Jun 27, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The Kansas Department of Agriculture lifted embargoes on winter wheat from two more counties after test results showed no detectible traces of a toxic fungicide applied too close to harvest. The latest batch of test results clears a.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed Jun 25, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas regulators on Wednesday lifted an embargo on wheat from 20 fields and three grain elevators in seven south-central Kansas counties after test results showed no detectible traces of a toxic fungicide applied too close to harves.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Jun 24, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- After the prices of wheat and eggs soared during the past year, supermarket shoppers now find they're spending an extra quarter for each pound of pasta. Four sticks of margarine cost an extra 60%. Even the cold glass at the frozen food section has become.. Read More

ECONOMY Sun Jun 8, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina, one of the world's biggest breadbaskets, should be rolling in cash as world food prices soar. Instead, soy, wheat and corn have sat for weeks in silos as farmers protesting new export taxes suspended sales. Far.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Jun 2, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Wheat prices shot up Monday as investors bet that hot, dry weather expected in the U.S. Great Plains could damage crops, tightening supplies of the grain used to make bread, pasta and other foods. Other commodities traded mostly higher,.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue May 27, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Dr. Yue Jin, a kind-faced man in a blue lab coat, is the nation's bulwark against a devastating new plant disease. He's the only federal scientist whose main mission is protecting the $17 billion U.S. wheat crop from annihilation... Read More

ECONOMY Wed May 14, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Wheat prices plunged to a five-month low Wednesday as investors bet that U.S. crop yields will meet demand and ease price increases for flour, bread, pasta and other foods. Other commodities traded mostly lower in a broad sell-off, with.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri May 9, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Wheat futures fell sharply Friday after the government forecast increased U.S production and a record global crop, while corn futures surged to a new high on continuing concerns about the weather. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predi.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Wheat prices shot up Friday as investors bet that a mix of wet and dry weather in wheat-growing U.S. states will damage crops and tighten supplies of the grain used to make bread, pasta and other foods. Other commodities mostly traded hi.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Mar 14, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Food companies, particularly those that rely on grains to make their goods, will likely continue to be hit by higher commodity costs, a J.P. Morgan analyst said this week. Analyst Pablo Zuanic said Thursday in a note to investors that su.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Feb 28, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- DETROIT (AP) -- First, it was cheese. And many pizza makers across the country absorbed sharply rising prices of the staple ingredient as long as they could before passing along some of the expense. Now, they're dealing with the surging price of wheat us.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed Feb 20, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Wheat prices plummeted Wednesday, retreating from record territory as traders cashed in profits following three days of gains. Soybeans futures also fell. Other commodities traded mixed, with platinum falling from a record and crude oil.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Feb 7, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota wheat growers, who have spent years fighting what they believed were unfairly priced Canadian wheat exports, say they're dismayed that a state-owned mill may buy grain from Canada. "North Dakota built that mill to bene.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed Feb 6, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Wheat futures reached a new record high Wednesday as investors bet that tightening U.S. supplies and poor harvests around the globe will push grain prices higher -- worsening food inflation. Other agriculture commodities spiked on the ra.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Feb 5, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Wheat prices soared near their highest levels ever Tuesday on concerns that growing demand in Asia coupled with dwindling stockpiles could lead to a grain shortage in the United States. Other commodities markets mostly declined, with ene.. Read More