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Day 2 Wheat Tour
May 4, 2016
After day two of the Hard Winter Wheat Quality Tour 2016, scouts had visited 606 stops and calculated an average yield of 48.2 bushels per acre, up from the 34.4 bushel per acre estimate in 2015.
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Day 1 Wheat Tour
May 3, 2016
Twenty vehicles with 78 participants headed west from Manhattan, Kansas, today on the Hard Winter Wheat Tour 2016. Scouts stopped in 306 locations on the six routes between Manhattan and Colby.
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Mapping wheat ancestors' genomes to implement valuable traits
April 21, 2016
Wild relatives of wheat contain valuable traits for wheat breeding If there’s one thing Kansas farmers understand, it’s unpredictability. Unpredictable crop conditions keep farmers on their…
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Enter the Kansas Wheat Yield Contest
April 15, 2016
Now that the 2015 Kansas wheat crop is breaking dormancy, achieving top yields is on the minds of wheat farmers. With Mother Nature’s help, your best management practices could be just the ticket to…
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Should Farmers Share More? Consumers Say Yes.
April 14, 2016
With wheat harvest quickly approaching, eyes all over the world are watching the Kansas crop. This includes consumers, who consistently report that they want to hear from the farmers who produce…
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Rediscover Wheat - April 2016
April 8, 2016
Rediscover Wheat is the official publication of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers (KAWG) and the Kansas Wheat Commission (KWC).
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Kansas wheat crop battles drought and disease
April 8, 2016
The Kansas wheat crop is currently facing three major hurdles: development being almost three weeks ahead of normal stages, drought conditions, and stripe rust and increasing disease pressure.
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Air Force One Lands in Cuba
March 31, 2016
Before March, Air Force One had never been to Cuba. As the call sign for planes used to transport the President of the United States, Air Force Ones have landed in more than 100 countries, but…
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Wheat Foods Council rolls out new strategic plan
March 25, 2016
Wheat has become an easy punching bag for fad diets and those who profit from them. This practice won’t last long if the Wheat Foods Council (WFC) has its way. The WFC has adopted a strategic…
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