Jan04


	Issue 57 Prairie Grains


	Prairie Grains is the official publication of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, North Dakota Grain Growers Association, Montana Grain Growers Association and South Dakota Wheat, Inc.




	A Gateway for Grain -- Profile of the Duluth-Superior Port, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway 57 Million Italians Can’t Be Wrong -- Defying Atkins: Italy’s Pasta Consumption High, Obesity Low Little Ergot to be Irked About -- Minor amounts of the disease showed up in some small grains last summer. Seed treatment won’t help; crop rotation best bet in managing it Durum Industry Struggles with Low Carb Craze Merchandiser Talk Wheat, Flour Use Trends AgriPro Wheat Releases “Freyr” -- New spring wheat variety billed as “The scab fighter that yields” World Stocks-To-Use Ratio at Historical Low News & Views from the Wheat and Barley Growers Bullet Point Summary of 2002-03 Spring, Durum Wheat Exports Small Grains Focus Foresight for Successful Cropping Systems Taming the Bulls and the Bears News Briefs Rock and Roll Agronomy Prairie Ramblings