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From the Field: Freeze Wreaks Havoc on Kansas Wheat Crop
The photos shared here would be beautiful, if they weren’t a symbol of the impact Mother Nature has on the 2013 wheat crop. When temperatures plummeted from weekend highs near 70 degrees throughout Kansas, to the teens on April 9, … Continue reading
ConAgra Mills, Horizon Milling to Combine Flour Mill Operations
There’s big news coming out of Omaha and Minneapolis today: ConAgra Mills and Horizon Milling (CHS and Cargill’s flour milling group) have joined flour mill operations. The combined operations, called Ardent Mills, will: “…take advantage of the combines assets, capabilities … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Markets, Supply and Demand, Uncategorized
Tagged Ardent Mills, Cargill, CHS, ConAgra, demand, farmers, flour milling, Horizon Milling, supply, wheat
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Wheat Field Report: Poor Crop Taking Shape
Despite various amounts of rain and snow throughout Kansas since Christmas, the Kansas wheat crop is in poor shape, based on reports from directors of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and personal observations occurring Jan. 15-Jan. 21. KAWG directors … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Agronomy, Markets
Tagged agronomy, USDA, Kansas, farmers, drought, 2012 drought, Kansas wheat crop, wheat crop, 2013 harvest, drought impact, 2013 drought, wheat supplies, 2013 wheat crop, wheat crop condition
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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
Posted in Agronomy
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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From the Wheat Fields of Kansas: Happy Memorial Day
Posted in Human Interest, Wheat Harvest
Tagged advocacy, agriculture, farmers, Kansas Wheat, Kansas Wheat Commission, Memorial Day, wheat harvest
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‘The Twelve Habits of Successful Farmers’
When I was a kid growing up on the farm, the best way to keep up on the latest and greatest in farm innovations was through the farm magazines. We received a bunch of ‘em; Successful Farming, Farm Journal, Kansas … Continue reading
Posted in Human Interest
Tagged advocacy, ag communications, agriculture, farmers, Kansas, Kansas State University, Loren Kruse, Successful Farming
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