Agri-News Snippets From Around The Web

UK wheat growers are being advised to combat high instances of yellow rust this season by sellers of sprays to combat yellow rust. Somewhere between zero and 100 percent of the UK wheat crop could be affected they say.

Large merchants with stocks of fertiliser still sitting going nowhere in their sheds have warned UK farmers that domestic supplies are now at critically tight levels, and that they might just be able to squeeze one last order in before they shut to book.

With Christmas now just 245 sleeps away, UK compounders are advising farmers to get their feed orders in by the end of the week or risk starving their animals to a slow and painful death this year.

UK grain exporters with boats sitting on demurrage at the quayside waiting to load wheat that they haven't yet bought because the market is coming down, are advising farmers to get shot of their remaining burdensome old crop stocks before the harvest starts in Yemen next month.

Scottish maltsters are telling anybody that will listen that, due to the recession, they are fully bought up until 2017.

The Russian Agricultural Ministry say that extremely high instances of winterkill in winter wheat, and drought in spring wheats that haven't even been sown yet, will slash this season's wheat production to just fifteen tonnes.

Rapeseed crushers are advising compounders to leave the rapemeal market alone, it's coming down for sure.

Shippers say that you can forget about front-end premiums and availability problems on soya from South America. There will be no more strikes in Argentina this year, guaranteed.

The Chinese and Indian governments say that there is no need to panic.

Greece says it doesn't need any financial help from anyone, it will put it's own house in order.