Following the February price discovery period, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has finalized spring crop insurance prices ...

Two seminars in February will deliver the latest research recommendations for high-yielding and high-quality wheat to Kansas wheat farmers. The day-long seminars—one in Wichita and one in Hays—are ...

Double cropping wheat after corn is a common practice in some regions, though it’s less frequently done after sorghum. This discrepancy can be attributed to two main factors. First, corn is often ...

Post-harvest losses are a significant yet often invisible drain on the global food supply chain. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations estimates that around 14% of global ...

Students researched sawfly biocontrols and the use of remote sensing to model infestation in fields. Two graduate students in Montana State University's College of Agriculture have published new ...

Recent rains have encouraged broadleaf weed growth in growing wheat fields. Kochia, for the most part, is the weed in question, although other weeds may also be a factor interfering with this year’s ...

Research shows that a practice of purposeful water management, or irrigation, was adopted in northern China about 4,000 years ago as part of an effort to grow new grains that had been introduced from ...

“Moving forward, there are things we need to do,” she said. “At this point, producers have already made their varietal selections for the year. So we need to focus on agronomic management, including ...

Consultants in the Kentucky-based firm Wheat Tech and others have for years promoted intensive management. In the past, he was happy with yields of 60 to 70 bushels. Then the introduction of new ...

An AHDB project has set out to investigate if different winter wheat varieties can affect levels of weed suppression. Effective weed control remains a significant challenge in wheat production, ...