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Grains, proteins, fruits, vegetables and dairy all belong in healthy diet
December 5, 2014
Response to WSJ article by Nina Teicholz, author of “Big Fat Lies: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet.” By Dr. Glenn Gaesser and Dr. Julie Miller Jones
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USW presents Global Wheat Food Security Initiative to international millers
December 4, 2014
Citing the inadequacy of past, centrally planned food security policies, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) President Alan Tracy proposed an initiative to provide “genuine food security to the world’s wheat…
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From the DNA to the field, model arms breeders with evaluation tool
December 3, 2014
What if there was a Netflix for wheat breeders? But, instead of suggesting movies, the algorithm “suggested” the best potential wheat varieties – generations before being planted in a test plot?
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Apply for the NWF Jerry Minore Scholarship
December 3, 2014
The National Wheat Foundation (NWF) has partnered with BASF to award four scholarships, on behalf of the Minore Memorial Scholarship, for college students who have a personal connection to the wheat…
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Rediscover Wheat - December 2014
December 3, 2014
Rediscover Wheat is the official publication of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers (KAWG) and the Kansas Wheat Commission (KWC).
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Which Wheat for What?
December 1, 2014
Six classes of U.S. wheat You stuffed yourself with Thanksgiving pie and warm rolls in November. And the smell of Christmas cookies baking fills the air in December. You know you can count on your…
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Betty Kandt recounts a lifetime of wheat stories
November 30, 2014
Step into Betty Kandt’s home, just down the road from Kansas State University in Manhattan, and receive a warm smile.
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Fun Thanksgiving Roll Shape: Pumpkins!
November 27, 2014
Recipe: Sweet Potato or Pumpkin Rolls from National Festival of Breads website Divide dough into 2 oz. portions. Shape each portion into a ball. Slightly flatten balls into a disc shape. Place on…
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Shutting It Down
November 25, 2014
Kansas Researchers Protect Wheat by Preventing Virus Replication Viruses result in yield loss. For example, yield loss due to wheat streak mosaic virus equaled more than 4.25 million bushels in…
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Thankful Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
November 25, 2014
We often mention Kansas as the top wheat producing state or talk about the reliable supply of high quality wheat grown here year after year. This Thanksgiving, we want to say thank you to our Kansas…
