Secretary Glickman to Participate at Wheat Industry and Expostition Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, will be speaking at this year's Wheat Industry Conference and Exposition in Nashville, Tennessee, February 3-6 1999. Secretary Glickman will be starting the general session on Thursday, February 4. The conference and exposition includes extended exposition hours to allow for more time with exhibitors and their products, informational presentations by industry leaders, and an expanded Wheat Research Forum. The Wheat Research Forum will be featuring university researchers and agribusiness professional discussing the newest research intiatives as well as latest product developments within the wheat industry. According to USDA's Economic Research Service, almost a third of crops and livestock produced by U.S. farmers were grown or sold under contract in 1997.
Contractors are primarily processors or packers.
CFTC Publishes Ag. Harvested acreage, at 1.8 million acres, was unchanged from the September estimate, but 100,000 acres less than a year ago. Yield , at a record high 46 bushels per acres, was revised down 1 bushel from the September estimate, still 2 bushels above previous high set in 1987. Nebraska Small Grains Summary Nebraska's 1998 wheat and rye production were above year ago levels, according the the Nebraska Department of Agriculture Statistics Service. Planting of the 1998 wheat crop, during the fall of 1997, finished virtually the same as the 5-year average.