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China’s Response to New U.S. Tariffs Will Hurt U.S. Wheat Farmers
April 4, 2018
April 4, 2018 (ARLINGTON, Virginia) — With the announcement today that China intends to retaliate against the latest proposed U.S. tariffs, hard-working U.S. farmers are clearly in the line of fire...
2018 National Wheat Yield Contest to Showcase Greater Grain
April 4, 2018
National Wheat Yield Contest deadline is May 15
Register by April 4 for Annual Wheat Tour
March 29, 2018
The registration date for the annual Hard Winter Wheat Quality Tour is coming up on April 4, 2018. The tour, sponsored by the Wheat Quality Council, brings in participants from around the world who...
Wheat Scouting 101
March 29, 2018
Nearly 90 grain traders, government officials, reporters, millers and even a few farmers start the 2018 Wheat Quality Council’s Hard Winter Evaluation Tour on April 30. Over the next three days, they...
Kansas Wheat dedicates new greenhouse expansion
March 15, 2018
The Kansas Wheat Innovation Center (KWIC) unveiled its new 12,750 square-foot greenhouse expansion, dedicated to cutting edge wheat genetic improvements for Kansas wheat farmers.
Commissioners Re-elected to Kansas Wheat Commission
March 9, 2018
The Kansas Department of Agriculture today announced the results of the elections held for the state’s five grain commodity commissions — corn, grain sorghum, soybean, sunflower and wheat — in...
Wheat Organizations Ask USTR to Work Toward Re-Joining TPP to Prevent Serious Revenue Loss
March 7, 2018
Once TPP is ratified, U.S. wheat exports to Japan will be at serious risk, representing an annual loss of almost $500 million for farmers, rail and barge operators and grain handlers.
Kansas State University researchers using gene-editing technology to improve wheat
March 1, 2018
Their work is featured in the inaugural issue of the CRISPR Journal MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University researchers say their work to improve genes in wheat varieties using a gene-editing...
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