Kansas Wheat

Inman, Kansas, combine demonstration on June 29 featuring vintage machines as part of a celebration marking 150 years of Turkey Red winter wheat. (Photo courtesy of Glen Ediger.)
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Turkey Red revolutionized wheat industry

Historians, farmers and researchers are among those celebrating the sesquicentennial of Turkey Red wheat, Dave Bergmeier writes. Read More

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Take off your hat and be ready to learn at U event

Sorghum field near Dodge City, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)
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Sorghum U Wheat U set for Aug. 13



Sorghum U / Wheat U

HPJ Sorghum U Wheat U event set for Aug. 13 in Wichita

Wheat (Photo by Todd Johnson.)

Kansas Wheat offers first day report of harvest

Lush wheat basks in the evening sun April 28 just north of Salina, Kansas. Local farmers say the crop needs more rain to yield well. (Photo by Tim Unruh.)

After spotty April rains, Kansas wheat still has the blues 

A traveler goes past a wheat field east of Hutchinson, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Wheat tour pegs Kansas production at 290.4 million bushels

Texas A&M AgriLife Research wheat variety plots near Bushland will provide good yield data. (Texas A&M AgriLife Communications courtesy photo by Kay Ledbetter.)

Kansas wheat tour estimates crop at 290.4 million bushels

Winter wheat farmers are facing a Sept. 30 deadline to sign up for Supplemental Coverage Option insurance, a new insurance option added as part of the 2014 farm bill. (Journal photo by Holly Martin..)

Second day of wheat tour saw drought stress

Wheat producers can learn more about identifying pests and diseases in wheat and how to increase yield in their crops at the Jan. 22 Wheat Scout School in Bartlett. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura McKenzie)

First day of wheat tour completed May 14

A combine motors through a wheat field a few years back southwest of Salina, Kansas. (Journal photo by Tim Unruh.)

National Wheat Yield Contest Entries Open Until May 15