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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Mitigating pests and diseases key factors while planting wheat this fall
September 22, 2021
The optimal planting dates for next year’s wheat crop are now open across much of Kansas, but agronomists are cautioning producers to carefully watch and mitigate pest and disease issues as…
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Kansas Wheat research project advances two lines for potential 2022 release
August 25, 2021
Despite battling dry planting conditions, a wet spring and hail damage — just like Kansas producers — the wheat research team at Kansas State University collected enough data to advance two…
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Not Quite the Kitchen Sink
December 10, 2020
Kansas Yield-Enhancing Strategies Project Identifies Best Management Practices to Close the Bushel Gap and Maintain Profitability
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K-State chosen as hub for improving U.S. winter wheat
June 25, 2020
University will lead $1M project to improve winter wheat varieties The USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture has selected Kansas State University to serve as a center for efforts…
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SY Monument Remains Top Wheat Variety
March 1, 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 planted acres.
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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…
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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…
