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Kansas Wheat: 2020 Variety Test Results Available Sep 4, 2020
With the next winter wheat crop planting just days away, Kansas farmers can be armed with information about how different varieties fared across the state in the last growing season. […]
Kansas Wheat: Study Helps Identify Varieties for Dual-Purpose Systems Aug 21, 2020
Kansas State University researchers have released findings of a study to identify the best-performing varieties when producers are growing wheat for grain and grazing, known as a dual-purpose system. K-State […]
Wheat: Kansas Gene Editing Project Teams Up with Canadian University Aug 10, 2020
Kansas State University officials say a $650,000 grant from the USDA”s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has spurred a partnership with a Canadian university to improve wheat using genome editing technology. […]
North Carolina: Small Grain Variety Selection – Video Aug 10, 2020
Selecting the right variety can make a huge difference in crop production. How do we know which ones to choose? In this new video Area Agent, Tim Hambrick, shares his […]
Texas Wheat: AgriLife Extension Releases Annual ‘Picks List’ Aug 7, 2020
Texas A&M AgriLife wheat experts have determined their annual “Picks List” to guide producers as they prepare for fall planting in the near future. Continuing a long-time tradition, ongoing Picks […]
Tennessee Wheat: 2019-2020 Variety Trial Results Aug 5, 2020
County Standardized Trial Wheat Results are now available. The 2019 planted wheat crop had it’s challenges to say to the least. Between delayed harvest of the 2019 crop, wet fall, […]
Kansas: Wheat Variety Disease and Insect Ratings for 2020 Jul 30, 2020
One of the most important decisions wheat growers make each year is deciding what varieties to plant. Some have greater resistance to certain diseases than others. Some yield well despite […]
Texas Wheat: Field Tours Available Online Jun 12, 2020
Texas A&M AgriLife wheat research and variety trials did not take a break during the COVID-19 pandemic. But it was not possible to conduct a traditional May wheat field tour, […]
Kansas Wheat: New HRS Variety Offer Improved Disease Resistance Jun 11, 2020
A researcher at the Agricultural Research Center in Hays has taken a good thing and made it even better. Wheat scientist Guorong Zhang announced in early June that he is […]
Kansas Wheat Breeder Takes Early Look at Upcoming Releases Jun 3, 2020
Kansas farmers participating in the first-ever Virtual Wheat Field Day last week got an early report on two hard red winter wheat lines expected for release later this year by […]
