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Relihan: Drought to Continue in 2013, Abate in 2014
We asked Nicole Lane, Kansas Wheat’s communications intern, to write about one of the hottest topics of the 2013 Kansas Commodity Classic, held Jan. 17 in Manhattan: the 2012 drought. Here is here blog entry. Dave Relihan At the Kansas Commodity Classic … Continue reading
Posted in Agronomy, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012 drought, Dave Relihan, drought, Kansas Agriculture Network, Kansas Commodity Classic, Nicole Lane, weather, wheat, WIBW
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Kansas Farmers Produce 382 Million Bushel Wheat Crop
We figured the 2012 Kansas wheat crop was going to exceed that of 2011, and Kansas Agricultural Statistics confirmed that this week with the release of the 2012 Kansas Wheat County Estimates report. The state’s farmers produced 382.2 million bushels, … Continue reading
Posted in Agronomy, Wheat Harvest
Tagged 2012 Kansas Wheat Crop, agronomy, Kansas Ag Statistics, wheat
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Field Tour Shows Some Surprising Conditions…For Now
In its last Weekly Crop Weather report of 2012, Kansas Ag Statistics reported that the Kansas wheat crop was just 29% good to excellent. This is the worst wheat condition at this point in the year in the entire time … Continue reading
We Tour Syngenta’s Junction City Operations
Tucked away in the Flint Hills just south of I-70′s Exit 303 near Junction City, Syngenta has built an amazing Hard Red Winter wheat breeding center, which the company showed off to visitors at its “Greenhouse Tailgate Tour” on October … Continue reading
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Tagged biotech crops, crops, doubled haploid, farmers, Hard Red Winter wheat, Junction City, Kansas, Syngenta, wheat, wheat breeding, wheat research, wheat science
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Governor Brownback Recognizes Wheat Yield Contest Winners’ Accomplishments
We were thrilled that Governor Sam Brownback could join us today to honor winners of the third annual Kansas Wheat Yield Contest, at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. BASF joins the Kansas Wheat Commission and Kansas Association of Wheat … Continue reading
The Grass is Dead, the Crops are Dying and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself
I love mowing the yard at the farm. It gives me my mind a chance to wander, to think about things: the farm, the family, work. Some folks think of mowing as drudgery; I look at it as opportunity: the more … Continue reading
Posted in Agronomy, Human Interest
Tagged 2012 drought, agriculture, corn, Corn Belt, crops, farm, fertilizer, harvest, Kansas, sorghum, soybeans, wheat
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Kansas Historical Society ‘Celebrates Wheat’ with Online Exhibit
The stories of wheat production, history and people are told on an online exhibit called, “Wheat People,” hosted at the Kansas State Historical Society web site. The Kansas Wheat Commission is proud to sponsor the exhibit, which features a wealth … Continue reading
USDA Forecasts 387 Million Bushel Kansas Crop
In its May 10 Crops Report, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated the Kansas winter wheat crop will total 387 million bushels, which – if realized - would be up 40% from last year and the highest total since 2003. The … Continue reading
A Record-Breaking Crop? Not So Fast…
The Kansas wheat crop is marching backwards in productivity, thanks in part to the impact of long-term drought in southwest Kansas. The May 6 Crop Report from Kansas Ag Statistics indicates that 60% of the crop is rated Good to … Continue reading
Posted in Agronomy, Markets
Tagged agronomy, crop condition, frost damage wheat, Kansas, Kansas Wheat, Kansas Wheat Commission, southwest Kansas, wheat, Wheat Quality Council
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Syngenta Honors Top AgriPro Seed Associates
For wheat farmers, the annual rite of fall planting (and a successful fall harvest) begins with a dedicated, well-informed certified seed dealer. Syngenta, the global company who sells wheat seed under the AgriPro brand, awarded its top-selling Associates at a … Continue reading
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Tagged AgriPro, agronomy, certifed seed, Kansas, Kansas Crop Improvement Assn., Kansas Wheat, Syngenta, wheat
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