Reuters reported that growing concern over the quality of this year's soft red winter wheat crop increased prices for delivery yesterday. Supplies of newly harvested wheat appear to be contaminated with vomitoxin. More wheat news from Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers .
Reports show some plants have lesions up to the ear leaf, an indication of potential yield loss.
The correspondance course is taught via videotapes supplemented with telephone and listserv discussions. Kendrick also will make live presentations on the Internet three times a week. The U.S. government investigation of alleged price-fixing by Archer Daniels Midland Co. has grown to one of the biggest ever international inquiries of its kind. They are charged with entering into conspiracies to fix prices and production levels in commodities including lysine, an amino acid used as a feed additive. The bill is scheduled for markup this week, and should reach the House floor before the August recess.