The South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and South Dakota State Foundation Seed Stocks Division have released a new wheat variety to seed producers. The new hard red winter line will be ...

Dry soil conditions this past fall, especially in Northwest Ohio, caused delayed wheat germination and emergence. As we approach Feekes 5 growth stage, when leaf sheaths are strongly erect, it is ...

The National Wheat Foundation recently announced the winners of the 2025 National Wheat Yield Contest during its annual fall meeting in Austin, Texas. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the ...

Wheat breeders have long struggled to increase yield with sacrificing nutritional quality. A new study from China identifies TaJAZ1 as a key gene behind this trade-off. Using CRISPR to deactivate ...

A new study suggests that decades of reported gains in crop yields from plant breeding may be significantly overstated, ...

Grains have remained the beating heart of human nutrition for tens of thousands of years, powering civilizations from the Aztecs to modern-day athletes. While modern industrial agriculture has ...

Extreme heat impacting on wheat crops as they reach the flowering stage can negatively impact on final yields.