Heartland Plant Innovations’ Research News

  • by marshaboswell
    Friday, April 5, 2024 Location Solomon and Gypsum Details Knopf Farms, Solomon & Gypsum, Kansas, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm, Lunch will be provided   10199 E Country Club Rd, Solomon – Kansas Soil Health Partnership Research Field 10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. – Welcome and KSHP Background – Justin Knopf & Carlos Pires 10:40 […]
  • by marshaboswell
    KS Bill Snyder wheat honors legendary football coach Two new wheat varieties have been released from the Kansas State University wheat breeding program and are being licensed by Kansas Wheat Alliance seed associates for farmers to plant this fall. Hard red winter (HRW) wheat KS Bill Snyder, named after the legendary football coach, will be […]
  • by marshaboswell
    2024 Kansas Wheat Leadership Program provides hands-on exposure and technical insights from across the wheat industry Audio file Not every wheat farmer can see and handle the flour made from their harvest, let alone taste a loaf of bread made from that wheat. But that was exactly the experience of one participant in the 2024 […]
  • by marshaboswell
  • by marshaboswell
    Join KAWG marshaboswell 03/13/2024 – 8:53am Become a member of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers today for only $100.  Page Link Join KAWG Attached Page Advocacy for Kansas Wheat Growers
  • by marshaboswell
    Audio file Sharing the wonder and inner workings of the wheat industry from the farm to the miller to the baker to the end consumer is one of the goals of the Wheat Foods Council, which recently held its annual board meeting in San Antonio, Texas, in February 2024. Building those connections along the wheat […]
  • by marshaboswell
    Audio file Bake and Take Month, celebrated each March, is a great chance for families and service groups to get together in the kitchen. Prepare gifts of fresh-baked wheat foods for relatives, friends, co-workers, neighbors and just about anyone who likes to eat. The visit when you deliver the baked goods is one of the […]
  • by marshaboswell
    Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Location Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Details The 2024 U.S. Wheat Associates Summer Board Meeting will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from Tuesday, July 9, 2024, to Friday, July 12, 2024. https://www.uswheat.org/meetings/2024-usw-summer-board-meeting/
  • by marshaboswell
    Researchers reverse engineer nature to improve wheat breeding lines Audio file For researchers at K-State’s Wheat Genetics Resource Center, it’s all about the genes. Using powerful new tools like gene editing, these scientists are taking a molecular look at how to reverse engineer nature’s “survival of the fittest” in the laboratory to improve disease resistance, […]
  • by Jordan
    Hi.  My name is Jordan, and I grew up on a wheat farm. Now I work for Kansas Wheat at my dream job that I never knew I had. I eat wheat, I've rolled around in wheat, eaten the berries straight from the field, I've ridden in combines, even driven one (I wasn't very good), […]