CropsWandile Sihlobo of Agbiz expects wheat imports of about 2.0 million tonnes as the 2026-27 crop is estimated at 1.8 million tonnes, while world prices have risen on logistics disruptions rather than short supply.
Market ManagementAn analysis on FarmingPortal warns that costs locked in during 2026, from diesel to imported fertiliser and finance, could meet a very strong El Niño and turn next year's crop into an expensive, lower-yielding one.
CropsWashington State University researchers say most of this year's low falling number wheat showed no alpha-amylase activity, raising doubts about whether it should be penalised.
Field trials at the University of Lleida found pre-flowering heat cut grain numbers most, while plants hit early suffered less from a second heat wave.
Market ManagementSome 3.1 million tonnes of wheat left Canada in the first six weeks of the crop year, up 68 per cent, while Prairie harvest rains raise the prospect of far more feed wheat.
The 5% business tax stays waived on soybeans, wheat and corn, wheat keeps a zero tariff and beef tariffs stay halved, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service reports.
AgrotechA UK-Japan team showed how a new class of wheat receptors lures blast-fungus effectors, and bioengineered them to recognise the pathogen on both wheat and barley.
CropsThe OROWS project is comparing how wheat, barley, oats and rye varieties resist or tolerate disease under organic management, giving growers without fungicides better grounds for choosing seed.
CropsThe NASS wheat and barley variety survey shows MSU's solid-stem Dagmar and Bobcat leading Montana spring and winter wheat, while barley area rose by 100,000 acres.
AgrotechThe Xpedite system raised yield potential by 10% in trials and up to 20% in water-stressed conditions; Hard Red Winter comes first, Soft Red Winter in 2029 and Hard Red Spring in 2030.
CropsJohn Innes Centre and Ethiopian scientists have field-trialled a LAMP test that detects the wheat blast fungus on simple equipment, a tool aimed at countries such as Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Zambia.
CropsUSDA's 25th Crop Progress report of the season puts 57 percent of corn and 58 percent of soybeans in good-to-excellent condition, both below last year, with winter wheat 17 percent planted against a 21 percent average.
CropsUniversity of Lleida researchers grew two modern wheat varieties under heat tents over two seasons and found pre-flowering heat cut grain number, post-flowering heat cut grain weight, and an early wave softened the damage of a later one.
