Now, farmers across a state that typically accounts for 25% of the total winter wheat production in the U.S. are staring at a bleak picture for crop prospects this year. Doug Keesling farms near ...
The U.S. spring wheat crop is taking a beating this summer from too much heat and too little rain, with condition scores at the lowest numbers recorded in 33 years, according to S&P Global Platts.
If the temperature gets below 28-degrees for more than four hours once the wheat is above ground, it will do all kinds of damage to the wheat crop ... in the artic circle it wants to spill ...
Research is underway at the University of Illinois to develop high-yielding wheat varieties with early maturity enabling ...