The recently completed Wheat Quality Council hard red winter wheat tour has projected a Kansas crop at 338.5 million bushels. Aaron Harries, vice president of research and operations at Kansas Wheat, ...

While some wheat has survived the drought, an incoming freeze puts it at risk. Temperatures will fall below freezing Tuesday ...

Leaf rust could pose a greater risk to Kansas wheat in 2026 if wetter weather develops. Growers are encouraged to monitor ...

Kansas is an important “breadbasket” state because of its massive wheat production, but in recent years that’s been changing. With poor profits and drier climates, wheat has been harder to manage. New ...

Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted global food supplies, driving up demand and prices for wheat. But after months of drought, many western Kansas farmers won’t have a crop to sell. LANE COUNTY, Kan ...

MT. HOPE, Kan. – Kansas is referred to as the "Breadbasket of America," and has often been renowned for its bountiful wheat harvests and fertile soil. However, the country’s heartland has been facing ...

As scouts set out on the 2023 Wheat Quality Council ’s Hard Winter Wheat Tour across Kansas this week, they knew they’d found drought-ravaged fields. But as freeze damage became more apparent in the ...

On the high plains of western Kansas, the horizon is ruler-straight and unobstructed, save for the occasional grain elevator, wind farm, or cell tower jutting into the sky. It’s a topography that ...

The rhythm of wheat harvest is a symbolic sight during the summer months. This year, the sounds of harvest are rather quiet in some of the biggest wheat producing areas of the country, as extreme ...

Northwest Kansas farmer Chris Tanner plants wheat on his land in Norton County this past fall. Wheat growers across the state have struggled in recent months as hot, dry and windy weather takes a toll ...