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Factors to consider when planting wheat
September 20, 2019
The basics of picking your planting times and how to ensure the best start for your wheat crop revolve around soil temperature, moisture, timing, depth and seeding rates.
Kansas Pride Showcased at State Fair
September 12, 2019
It takes a lot of work to get the glowing Ferris Wheel spinning, just like it takes work setting up the Ye Old Mill, grooming competition livestock, making the thousands of funnel cakes and cheese...
2019 Kansas Wheat Quality
September 6, 2019
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service Preliminary data for the 2019 crop year from 13,780 carlot samples from 48 counties showed an average test weight of 61.0 pounds per bushel,...
K-State releases three new wheat varieties
September 5, 2019
Kansas State University recently released three new wheat varieties, which are available to Certified seed growers this fall and will be available to farmers in fall 2020.
National Festival of Breads featured at Kansas State Fair
August 29, 2019
The smell of animal barns and the quiet sizzle of frying foods fill the air. The Ferris wheel towers over the midway. The hard work of 4-Hers, FFA students and open class participants line the...
Maximize next year's yields by controlling volunteer wheat now
August 22, 2019
Hidden in the stubble of 2019’s wheat harvest, wheat curl mites are moving to find sprouting volunteer wheat seedlings to inhabit and continue the life cycle of wheat streak mosaic virus. The wheat...
Wheat specialist says it's time to manage wheat
August 15, 2019
Management practices now have an even greater influence on yield than variety selection does.
Kansas wheat farmer testifies on importance of Grain Inspection System for U.S. export markets
July 31, 2019
A Kansas wheat farmer testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on “Perspectives on Reauthorization of the U.S. Grain Standards Act” on Wednesday,...
Wheat Growers to Hold Annual Meeting August 14
July 26, 2019
The Kansas Association of Wheat Growers will hold its annual membership meeting on August 14, 2019, in conjunction with High Plains Journal’s Sorghum U - Wheat U event. The annual meeting will begin...
Day 16, Final Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 22, 2019
Kansas winter wheat harvest is 96 percent complete.
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