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Tag: Wheat Quality Council
Spring Wheat Tour Scouts Say Crop Has Excellent Potential Aug 7, 2022
The 2022 Hard Spring Wheat Tour sponsored by the Wheat Quality Council ended July 28 with a very positive outlook for the U.S. hard red spring (HRS) and durum crop. […]
Wheat Quality Council Tour Begins – DTN Jul 27, 2021
The Wheat Quality Council tour will take place starting Tuesday, July 27, when scouts head out across the state, following eight standard routes beginning and ending in Fargo, North Dakota, […]
Hard Winter Wheat Tour Begins Next Week – DTN May 14, 2021
The Wheat Quality Council’s annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour returns next week with a few new twists. Typically, the four-day tour of mostly Kansas wheat fields is held during the […]
Wheat Tour: Two Decades of Measuring Yield Potential, Disease, Freeze Damage – DTN Apr 26, 2019
It’s become one of surest signs that spring is underway — for three days, dozens of people crouch in Kansas wheat fields, in rain or shine, with a ruler and […]
Spring Wheat Tour Kicks Off in North Dakota – Day 1 – DTN Jul 26, 2018
The Wheat Quality Council’s Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour kicked off Tuesday with scouts fanning out across the southern half of North Dakota, southwestern Minnesota and northeast and north-central […]
Wheat Tour Scouts Expect Sharply Lower 2018/19 Production May 3, 2018
This week I joined the annual Wheat Quality Council (WQC) Hard Red Wheat (HRW) Tour for an early survey of the new crop. Each year, participants gather in Manhattan, Kan., […]
Wheat Harvest: Midwest, Plains Drought Harms Yield and Quality – DTN Aug 22, 2017
As the U.S. spring wheat harvest nears the halfway point, producers from around the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains are reporting a wide range of yields, protein levels and grain […]
Wheat: North Dakota Drought Increases Abandoned Fields, Low Yields – DTN Jul 28, 2017
The effects of North Dakota’s extreme drought conditions remained visible as the Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour ventured through central, north-central and northwest regions of the state Wednesday. Crop […]
Wheat Tour: No Rain, No Yield – DTN Jul 26, 2017
When crop scouts hit the road next week for the Wheat Quality Council’s annual Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour, they’ll take plenty of water, said tour organizer and council […]
