Wheat Industry News
Speaking of Wheat “Land is a resource that will go away if we don’t protect it correctly. With the ever-growing world population and the shrinking land base, the land we’re producing crops on must be managed in a sustainable way.” – Washington state wheat farmer Art Schultheis (above). U.S. Sustainability Alliance Features Stories of Stewardship […]
Video: The Story of the Reliable System that Transports Wheat from the U.S. Plains to Customers Around the World
Kent Lorens and Derek Sawyer each consider themselves to be “mere links in the reliable wheat supply chain.” But without farmers like them, there is no chain. Thus, the two play major roles in a new U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) video project that tells the story of how a reliable system of trucks, trains and […]
November Precipitation Rapidly Improves U.S. Winter Wheat Condition
Wheat farm families across the United States are sharpening their pencils to figure out how to deal with the on-going challenges of high input costs and low crop prices. Fortunately, 2025 winter wheat crop conditions do not create another concern for many of them following a remarkable turnaround in November. Writing in Progressive Farmer Dec. […]
Wheat Industry News
News and Information from Around the World Wheat Industry Speaking of Wheat “It’s a million-dollar rain, and a lot of farmers could not be happier to see this. This could not be more perfect right now, to be able to give the wheat a drink for winter, to last it to spring, number two, give […]
Wheat’s Origin
Editor’s Note: Following are excerpts from the “Wheat Scoop” blog from U.S. Wheat Associates state commission member Kansas Wheat. Read the full article here. Photo above Copyright Kansas State University. Long, long ago in a land far, far away, bread wheat came into existence. Researchers are still unlocking the secrets of the wild relatives of […]
K-State Breaks Ground on Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation
Kansas State University has launched a project that will bring together two of its strongest agricultural programs under one roof. The university held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 17 for the Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation, to be located just off the corner of Claflin Road and Mid-Campus Drive. The new building is estimated […]
A Better Start for U.S. Hard Red Winter Wheat Conditions
With U.S. hard red winter (HRW) and hard white (HW) wheat moving into its crucial vegetative state, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and its state wheat commission member organizations have started weekly conference calls to share wheat condition reports. Overall, wheat in Central and Southern Plains entered 2024 in better condition than compared to the prior […]
Farmer-Backed Heartland Plant Innovations Helps Unlock Wheat’s Genetic Potential
Six sets of seven chromosomes make the wheat genome five times larger than the human genome. This complexity makes wheat breeding even more difficult, but technology like double haploid breeding has helped public and private researchers unlock potential agronomic, quality and even nutritional traits. Key to this work is a farmer-backed, for-profit plant services company […]
African Trade Team Explores U.S. Wheat Supply Chain, Meets Farmers in Kansas, North Dakota and Minnesota
Pictured above at the Port of Duluth in Minnesota: Chad Wiegand, USW Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa; Vigneswaran Sinnathurai, Vice President of Milling at Olam; Alok Khator, Vice President and Regional Manufacturing Head at Olam; Savan Sunil Shah, Director at United Millers LTD; Coreen Berdahl, Vice President of Operations at Minnesota Wheat. Buyers from two […]
Kansas Wheat Industry Looks at 2023 Hard White Wheat Production and Quality
This article on the hard white (HW) wheat crop in Kansas was sponsored by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, Kansas Grain and Feed Association and the Kansas Cooperative Council. Hard white (HW) winter wheat varieties continue to be popular among some western Kansas farmers for their high yields, disease resistance and […]
