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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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…
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Wheat Rx Seminars focus on improving wheat yield, protein quality and producer profitability
February 10, 2022
It’s a well-known fact that wheat yield and protein have an inverse relationship – the higher the yield, the lower the protein content. But, what if you could have high yields – and high protein…
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Get your prescriptions for economical and sustainable production of high-quality wheat this February at WheatRx schools
January 19, 2022
Two seminars in February will deliver the latest research recommendations for high-yielding and high-quality wheat to Kansas wheat farmers. The day-long seminars — one in Wichita and one in Hays…
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K-State: Wheat genomics discoveries have the potential to improve bread quality
November 9, 2021
University researchers report key breakthrough as part of global project MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University researchers have published recent findings that highlight their discovery of a…
