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
WGRC and Kansas Wheat partnership prospers
April 24, 2014
The Kansas Wheat Innovation Center continues to expand as Wheat Genetics Resource Center scientists get settled into their new lab space at the center. A little over a year after the center was built…
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Life of wheat researcher Norman Borlaug celebrated
April 2, 2014
Norman Borlaug’s final words were “take it to the farmer.” His final command reflected his firm belief that farmers could provide abundant food when given the proper tools.
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Wheat Quality Lab provides breeders with critical information
February 19, 2014
Kansas State University researchers met with representatives from the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, Kansas Wheat Alliance, and Kansas Crop Improvement Association, on…
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New addition to Grain Science Complex
November 6, 2013
MANHATTAN, Kan- With the official dedication of the O.H. Kruse Feed Technology Innovation Center on Oct. 11, Kansas State University’s Grain Science Complex added another building, and increased…
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WGRC moves to the KWIC
October 30, 2013
MANHATTAN, Kan.-The Wheat Genetics Resource Center (WGRC) officially relocated to the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center earlier this week, marking the beginning of a cornucopia of partnerships that will…
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Another first at the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center
August 21, 2013
The farmer-owned Kansas Wheat Innovation Center in Manhattan has already been a success with the establishment of a double haploid business. This week, K-State announced that the Center will soon…
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sUAS: The future of precision agriculture
August 21, 2013
MANHATTAN, Kan.-When technology and agriculture collide, the outcome is often astonishing. At Kansas State University’s recent Agronomy Field Day, the featured technology; small Unmanned Aircraft…
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K-State researchers find gene resistance to UG99
July 2, 2013
MANHATTAN – A Kansas State University researcher is part of a team that has identified a gene that gives wheat plants resistance to Ug99, one of the world’s most deadly races of wheat stem rust.
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ADM contributes $325,000 to K-State white wheat breeding program
June 2, 2013
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has announced a $325,000 investment in the Kansas Wheat Commission Research Foundation that will be used to strengthen the hard white wheat…
