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

New facility planned for the National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture. (Drawing courtesy of HDR.)

Groundbreaking notes start of Nebraska precision ag research center

Late freeze threatens Russia’s wheat crop

Pictured is a coulter that was agronomically designed to replace the typical smooth coulters used on fertilizer toolbars. Farmers wanted ways to plant seeds deeper and allow for placement of fertilizer and other chemical products. This coulter allows a blade trench designed to close easier and seal better. (Photo courtesy of ShieldAg, Hutchinson, Kansas.)

Innovation spurs drive to efficient seed placement

Grain Report May 7 2024

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Severe weather strikes Midwest, Plains

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

Photo courtesy of U.S. Wheat Associates.

Wheat crop deteriorates due to lack of moisture