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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Researchers strive to develop stripe rust resistant wheat
June 7, 2019
By Peyton Powell, Communications Intern As most farmers and many non-farmers know, stripe rust is nobody’s friend. Seeing this dangerous disease on your crop can be devastating to a farmer’s yield.…
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K-State researchers find new clues for improving wheat
April 30, 2019
Wild wheat relatives, dating 10,000 years, have helped to improve today’s varieties
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Study: Adding sulfur may boost wheat yields, quality
April 25, 2019
K-State scientists studying use of key nutrients in Kansas wheat fields MANHATTAN, Kan. — In the past decade, scientists have been reporting that America’s move from burning coal to natural gas and…
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K-State Wheat Breeding Program provides benefits to farmers
October 12, 2018
The Wheat Breeding program at Kansas State University is about more than just developing new wheat varieties for Kansas. While the release of superior varieties is an end goal of the program,…
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Kansas Wheat Commission to fund gene editing research at K-State
September 5, 2018
Researchers publish study on using new editing technology to improve yield MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas Wheat Commission has announced that it is putting its support behind a technology being…
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Vote of Confidence: USAID extends partnership with Kansas State University
August 22, 2018
University receives $21.9 million for efforts to help end hunger, poverty MANHATTAN, Kan. – Officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development announced Thursday that they have…
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The wheat code is finally cracked
August 16, 2018
The wheat genome sequence will bring stronger wheat varieties to farmers Manhattan, Kansas, USA – August 16, 2018
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Learn about upcoming wheat varieties at Kansas Wheat Day, May 22
May 9, 2018
Kansas wheat farmers are invited to Hays, Kansas, on Tuesday, May 22, for Kansas Wheat Day, hosted by the KSU Ag Research Center.
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Researchers collecting on-farm management data
April 26, 2018
Kansas State University researchers need your help to complete research on wheat management strategies. K-State Research and Extension (KSRE) has joined the Kansas Wheat Commission to learn from…
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