Wheat

Get agronomy advice from planting to harvest on winter and spring wheat. This section covers the latest advancements in weed, pest, and disease control as well as improved production techniques for wheat.

Q&A: Catherine Feuillet, Geneticist and Molecular Biologist

Catherine Feuillet’s passion for pushing new frontiers, challenging herself, and building something that could benefit others has always propelled her forward.

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A Century of Milling Flour

I wonder what stories the walls and floor of Boonville Flour and Feed Mill could tell after more than a century of milling flour.

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Farming 101: Planting Wheat

What you need to know about planting spring or winter wheat, including determining what seed and inputs to use plus when to start planting.

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Q&A: Catherine Feuillet, Geneticist and Molecular Biologist

By Women in Agriculture

Catherine Feuillet’s passion for pushing new frontiers, challenging herself, and building something that could benefit others has always propelled her forward.

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Successful Farming TV Show

Don Landoll’s 1950 Ford 8N Tractor

By Successful Farming TV Show

Dave Mowitz visits with Don Landoll to see his beautifully restored Ford 8N.

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Successful Farming TV Show

Unbelievable Shop/Office with Room for Used Parts Business

By Top Shops

Dave Mowitz travels to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, to the Runyard farmstead on Top Shops. The Runyards needed a shop that was functional for future expansion and for their used part business.

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Wheat Tour, Day 2: Participants Estimate 47.6 Bushel Average

The second day of the Wheat Quality Council’s Hard Winter Wheat Tour found western and southern Kansas wheat fields in better shape than the Day 1 findings.

Green wheat headed out in south central Kansas.

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Wheat Scouts Estimate 46.9 Bushels Per Acre on Tour's First Day

Wheat tour participants guess 46.9 bushel per acre yield after 240 stops in north central and northwest Kansas.

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Kansas Wheat Tour Takes Off

The Wheat Quality Council’s annual three-day tour of the Kansas Hard Red Winter wheat crop began April 29.

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Winter Wheat Crop in Great Shape, but Diseases Are Sneaking In

Heading into late April, the nation’s winter wheat crop is in good shape, yet some faults are beginning to show.

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Syngenta Announces Miravis Ace Fungicide Available for 2019

Syngenta officials say the fungicide will also enable wheat farmers to get ahead of diseases like Septoria that could become prevalent in 2019 if current weather patterns hold.

Miravis Ace fungicide will help farmers control head scab, say Syngenta officials.

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Wheat Topdress Options for a Soggy Spring

Frozen, wet fields of winter wheat have stymied many farmers’ ability to topdress the wheat crop. Kansas State specialists offer reminders about applying N this spring.

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