Research
Improving wheat producer productivity and profitability through wheat research is at the heart of the mission of the Kansas Wheat Commission.
Each year, Kansas Wheat provides nearly $2 million in funding for research projects, such as wheat breeding, wheat quality, disease screening, insect research, phenotyping, genotyping and many others.
Recent news
Kansas Wheat Rx to provide farmers with latest research for high-yielding and high-quality wheat
August 18, 2021
Wheat Rx is a new program to disseminate to Kansas wheat farmers the latest research recommendations for producing high-yielding and high-quality wheat.
Did Arctic air kill the Kansas wheat crop?
February 26, 2021
Plant development, environmental factors influence survivability
Kansas farmers, wheat breeder featured in new U.S. wheat film
January 21, 2021
Through this film, the people at every step of the journey to export tell their own stories about how they thoughtfully produce new varieties, care for the land and the crop, and handle the wheat...
Not Quite the Kitchen Sink
December 11, 2020
Kansas Yield-Enhancing Strategies project identifies best management practices to close the bushel gap and maintain profitability.
Global collaboration is unlocking wheat's genetic potential
November 25, 2020
KSU researchers have for sequenced the genome for the hard red winter wheat variety Jagger.
K-State chosen as hub for improving U.S. winter wheat
June 25, 2020
K-State will lead the effort to evaluate research findings from several IWYP projects that contribute to “significantly improved” wheat yields.
SY Monument Remains Top Wheat Variety
March 2, 2020
SY Monument, the top planted variety, has seen a gradual increase in overall share of Kansas wheat since 2015 and accounted for 9.7 percent of the State’s 2020 wheat p
Wheat trials evaluate soil health and environmental indicators
February 27, 2020
By SHP Staff on Thursday, 20 February, 2020 Knopf Farms is one of three new sites in the Soil Health Partnership (SHP) network, through a partnership with the National Wheat Foundation, that is...
Survey Shows Best Management Practice for Wheat Yields
February 24, 2020
Researchers at Kansas State University are looking to the experts – commercial wheat growers – on real-world best management practices for improving wheat yields in the state. This study is...
Grain Craft increases commitment to quality with additional donation to wheat research foundation
February 5, 2020
Grain Craft, the largest independent flour miller in the nation, has increased its commitment to improving wheat quality with another gift to the Kansas Wheat Commission Research Foundation.
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