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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Nearly $1 million grant to help researchers develop models for determining best new winter wheat varieties
June 26, 2017
A nationally funded project by Kansas State University wheat researchers could help determine more quickly which new candidate varieties of wheat will produce superior yields and baking quality.
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Researchers look for strategies to reduce wheat yield gap
March 22, 2017
by Hannah Schlapp, Kansas Wheat Communications Intern
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Researchers compare nutrient uptake in modern and historic wheat varieties
March 9, 2017
By Hannah Schlapp, Kansas Wheat Communications Intern
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Heartland Plant Innovations accelerates wheat breeding process
February 1, 2017
by Jordan Hildebrand, program assistant
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Hansen Foundation awards $200,000 to Research Foundation
December 4, 2016
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation, Logan, Kan., has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Kansas Wheat Commission Research Foundation to assist with a greenhouse expansion project at the Kansas Wheat…
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Farmer led committee seeks innovative research proposals
November 3, 2016
Applications for research projects that can enhance Kansas wheat producers' profitability are currently being accepted by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Wheat Alliance and the Kansas…
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Jagger's Double Decade Impact
October 6, 2016
This year marks the 22nd anniversary of Kansas State University's hard red winter wheat variety, Jagger. This variety has made an impact in several countries, states and individual farms, since…
