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
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Wheat Scoop: Kansas Wheat CEO Justin Gilpin shares the word on the world of wheat
July 3, 2024
Kansas Wheat CEO Justin Gilpin joined the Wheat’s on Your Mind podcast this week to share his perspectives on the 2024 harvest, the new wheat export marketing year, Kansans serving as industry…
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WOYM – Jon Rich, AgriPro Wheat
June 4, 2024
Wheat's On Your Mind The Official Podcast for Kansas Wheat Hosted by Aaron Harries Jon Rich is a legacy wheat breeder with a strong family background in the wheat seed industry. On this episode,…
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Got Good Genes?
February 22, 2024
Researchers reverse engineer nature to improve wheat breeding lines
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Get your prescription for next year’s wheat crop during upcoming Wheat Rx seminars
February 14, 2024
These programs are scheduled for March 7, 2024, in Dodge City, and March 8, 2024, in Wichita.
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Farmer-Backed Heartland Plant Innovations Helps Unlock Wheat’s Genetic Potential
February 8, 2024
Dusti Gallagher discusses the formation of Heartland Plant Innovations and how the company is accelerating and improving the wheat breeding pipeline.
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Control volunteer wheat to stop the streak of yield-limiting diseases
August 24, 2023
Volunteer wheat is certain to be a significant issue in the upcoming growing season, thanks to the late rains that delayed harvest progress and the high rate of abandoned fields. Hidden among the…
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Sorghum U / Wheat U discusses hot topics for Kansas farmers
August 11, 2023
As producers turn their attention from a prolonged and frustrating summer season to fall fieldwork season, approximately 130 Kansas producers gathered in Wichita on August 9 for Sorghum U / Wheat U…
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Researchers explore herbicide resistance in wheat
July 19, 2023
Audio file Kansas wheat producers endured months, if not years, of persistent drought conditions this growing season.
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K-State Researchers Tackle Common Bunt from the Spore to Seed
May 25, 2022
On the upper floors of Throckmorton Hall at Kansas State University, a nondescript gray cabinet and set of freezers hold a collection of spores gathered from across the world to help Kansas…
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K-State researchers uncover new clues for improving wheat
March 8, 2022
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kansas State University researchers continue to unlock the complexity of the wheat genome, recently publishing findings of a study that characterized numerous genes duplicated…
