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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Seed treatments give wheat crop a head start
October 1, 2019
By Mary Marsh, Kansas Wheat Communications Intern You see advertisements everywhere. Seed companies touting the importance of treatments and what their seed can bring to the farmer. Before modern…
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Factors to consider when planting wheat
September 20, 2019
Wheat's potential is affected by soil temperature, moisture, timing, depth and seeding rates by Mary Marsh, Communications Intern
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K-State releases three new wheat varieties
September 4, 2019
Kansas State University recently released three new wheat varieties, which are available to Certified seed growers this fall and will be available to farmers in fall 2020.
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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…
