http://independentreview.net/news/agriculture/farmers-likely-will-try-meet-wheat-demand-2866 Comments for "Farmers likely will try to meet wheat demand" en http://independentreview.net/news/agriculture/farmers-likely-will-try-meet-wheat-demand-2866 <p>More amber fields of grains will dot the U.S. landscape this summer.</p> <p>According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Prospective Plantings report released March 31, U.S. farmers will plant 63.8 million acres of wheat in 2008, up 6 percent from 2007. In Minnesota the increase is anticipated to be 12 percent.</p> <p>The reason? Skyrocketing market prices.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://independentreview.net/news/agriculture/farmers-likely-will-try-meet-wheat-demand-2866">read more</a></p> http://independentreview.net/news/agriculture/farmers-likely-will-try-meet-wheat-demand-2866#comments Agriculture Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:06:28 -0500 Kristin Holtz 2866 at http://independentreview.net