Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “Well over half the nation’s wheat production occurs in states that are experiencing some form of drought now in the spring of 2021 … I suspect we will still see rough correlation between corn prices and hard red winter wheat prices this […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “We have seen only a half-inch of rain in the last 45 days. We are in a critical stage, but we have time to recover if rain comes in the next ten days. Either way, we will have a crop.” — Michael Peters, […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “The research is really there to show that sprouting grain, unfortunately, has bad end-use quality, generally. If we use the ELISA [test for starch damage] … our confidence in the predicted end-use quality goes up. I think that’s the advantage of that […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat “In wheat, I think there is a purity … we’re reaching back into genetics that are historic … into wild relatives and bringing some of those characteristics … There’s just this natural quality to it. We’re bringing healthy, nutritious food to the […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “To achieve true and lasting food security, we need to build and safeguard the entire food ecosystem – the land and water, the local economies, the supply chain, the farmers, and the communities that depend on one another to thrive.” — Thomas Duffy, Director […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “We’re proud to grow the best quality wheat you’ll find anywhere. But we can’t feed the world if we can’t get it to market… Multiple modes of transportation to Portland help us better serve our customers and be regarded as a reliable supplier […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “Sixty-five percent of the varieties in the U.S. are produced by … the public sector. … That has made the international community of wheat a very collaborative group of people, so we try to share as much as possible.” says Dr. Jorge Dubcovsky, […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “American strength in agricultural exports has been built on … the principle that all markets matter. Cuba … imports $2 billion in food each year, less than ten percent from the United States. U.S. exports of potatoes, wheat … and other products […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “The wheat industry told me that they wanted better quality varieties. They needed better milling and baking properties, so we spent a lot of time working on those improvements.” – Dr. Scott Haley, Retired Project Leader, Wheat Breeding and Genetics Program, College of […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat. “It’s like finding the missing pieces for your favorite puzzle that you have been working on for decades. By having many complete gene assemblies available, we can now help solve the huge puzzle that is the massive wheat pan-genome and usher in a […]