Michigan farmers may grow more wheat this fall due to a drought in Russia.
Russia has put a ban on wheat exports, causing the places who ordered from the country to look to other sources.
Bob Boehm is with the Michigan Farm Bureau says Michigan as well as other parts of the United States have available supplies.
He says Michigan is in a good position to plant more wheat and generate business from other sources.
"The buyers around the world that lined up wheat for shipment from Russia to supply their food needs, those contracts are now null and void and that's pushing all those customers back into the global market place" says Boehm.
Boehm says Michigan as well as all other states with wheat stocks are at about a 20-22 year high. This means they have available supplies, which farm specialists say will generate business from Michigan farmers to export more stocks to meet demand.
He says Michigan farmers will plant their wheat in the fall, so they will be able to meet the demand from the places Russia cannot supply.
"With the warm weather we've had this summer the soybean harvest is going to be early to on time which means we've got a good planting window of opportunity to get our fall planted wheat crop planted in a early fashion" says Boehm.
The Cooperative Extension Service in Isabella County says warm weather may be a problem for some crops come fall.
On one hand the continuous warm weather over the summer helped the yield for crops like corn, wheat and soy beans. On the other hand the warm conditions are causing certain diseases to develop in crops.
"From the heat we had some problems with wheat with heads cab and some of a septoria in the wheat. In soy beans we're seeing a little bit of white mold we're seeing them in the dry beans. We see some rust and blight in the corn." says Paul Gross, the extension director for Isabella County.
If Michigan can use the heat to their advantage in crops this fall the state has the potential to earn a substantial amount of money with the price of wheat going up.
Right now farmers are two weeks ahead of schedule and are looking at an early harvest which could mean an economical boost for some communities.
"We have very good yields coupled with some pretty god prices puts more dollars in the growers pockets. We've almost put a dollar on the price of wheat locally. We grow about 20,000 acres of wheat in Isabella County, just that increase in prices is going to mean an extra million and half dollars in our local economy" says Gross.
Gross says he is mainly concerned about the soy bean crop for the fall because white mold can be a very serious problem.
While wheat sales are expected to do well this fall, corn will be a top seller as well. The Cooperative Extension Service says 2010 could be a record year for the corn yield.