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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

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Kansas Wheat Among Participants at Women Managing the Farm.

Cindy Falk, Kansas Wheat’s nutrition educator, was one of the many who attended the Women Managing the Farm Conference in Manhattan. She filed this report: Men were the minority at the 2013 Women Managing the Farm Conference. Close to 300 … Continue reading

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KSU Wheat Market Situation and Outlook (via AgManager – January 2013)

From Kansas State University agricultural economist Dan O’Brien, analysis of the recent Wheat Reports from USDA. KSU Wheat Market Situation and Outlook (via AgManager – January 2013).

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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

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The Buzz

Wheat Blast, Wheat Research, a Wheat Blog and Wheat Farms for Sale. Wheat news from the University of Kentucky is that “Wheat Blast,” an emerging threat to wheat production worldwide, was discovered in wheat research plots in that state a … Continue reading

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The Buzz

We meet the new Hays wheat breeder, celebrate Wellington’s ’Kansas Wheat Festival’ and follow-up on an Ellis County land sale. Immediately after World War II, the U.S. played a major role in rebuilding Japan. In the course of doing so, we introduced a … Continue reading

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The Buzz

Biotech adoption soars, land prices soar, and good bye to one of the all-time great educators. Farmers are growing biotech crops at a rapidly increasing rate, according to a recent article from the International Service for the Acquisistion of Agri-biotech … Continue reading

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Trends in Kansas Wheat

It’s kind of fun to recap the most recent Kansas wheat crop, which Kansas Agricultural Statistics did last week with the 2011 Kansas Wheat County Estimate report. The good news: Sumner County retains its title as the top producing county in … Continue reading

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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

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