PIERRE, S.D. — Dakota Lakes Research Farm is just one of the 15 locations of South Dakota State University winter wheat breeding trials. There are 42 varieties entered in the trial. “There are many ...
BROOKINGS, S.D. — A new variety of hard red winter wheat, SD Vivian, bred to be high-yielding and drought-tolerant, all while maintaining a high protein level, will be available for farmers to ...
Sub-freezing temperatures stretched from the Northern to the Southern U.S. last week, and with a lack of snow cover in many of those areas, there are fresh concerns it caused some winter kill damage ...
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Fall is a great time to apply soil amendments to the garden, the lawn and our crop fields. Compost, composted or aged manure, fertilizers and lime can all ...
In the last full crop year, hard red spring wheat production in northern North America exceeded that of all winter wheat varieties combined. With the addition of physically delivered Hard Red Spring ...
A wheat variety introduced just 34 years ago shows great promise for United States wheat producers to better compete in world markets, if some challenges can be overcome. Hard white wheat was created ...
The drought situation across much of the Plains hasn’t improved this year; instead, the latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows it’s growing worse. Now, farmers across a state that typically accounts for 25 ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Kansas farmers will have two new wheat varieties to plant this fall. One is named after legendary K-State football coach Bill Snyder and is called KS Bill Snyder. Another is ...