Category Archives: Wheat Tour

By Julia Debes, contributing editor, assistant director of communications, U.S. Wheat Associates Projections for the Kansas hard red winter (HRW) wheat crop are the poorest in 13 years, according to the annual HRW Wheat Quality Tour. Seventy-five scouts calculated the … Continue reading →

by Marsha Boswell, contributing editor, director of communications, Kansas Wheat The Wheat Quality Council 2014 Hard Winter Wheat Tour wrapped up on May 1. Crop scouts estimated production for the Kansas crop at 260.6 million bushels. This would be the lowest … Continue reading →

By Julia Debes, contributing editor, assistant director of communications, U.S. Wheat Associates Scouts on the second day of the 2014 HRW Wheat Quality Tour reported the lowest yields in at least the last 14 years as they traveled south and … Continue reading →

By Julia Debes, contributing editor, assistant director of communications with U.S. Wheat Associates Despite rain, bitter cold and bellowing winds, scouts saw clear, consistent evidence of drought stress on the first day of the annual HRW Wheat Quality Tour. Scouts … Continue reading →

The #wheattour14 started off cool and rainy, and ended with an estimated yield of 34.7 bushels per acre, down from 43.8 last year and a five year average of the same, 43.8 bpa. Today’s numbers were the lowest since 2001. Tour participants … Continue reading →