Two of the world’s major wheat-growing regions are skating on the ragged edge of a catastrophic failure. Since 1981, wheat-withering heat waves have become 16 times more common in the Midwest, ...

The new seed technology offers growers a significant boost in productivity and resilience, even in stressful, water-limited environments.

In southwest Kansas the amount of rain – or lack thereof – is always on farmers' minds. That’s why Kyler Millershaski’s wish list for the future includes the potential of growing wheat modified ...

ABILENE, Texas — Driving around the Big Country, you will probably see some big green fields. Chances are you are looking at a wheat farm beginning to grow. “Wheat is really looking good right now," ...

Growing wheat in drought conditions may be easier in the future, thanks to new genetic research out of UC Davis. An international team of scientists found that the right number of copies of a specific ...

From the Dakotas to Texas, wheat acres have been on the decline, due to higher temperatures, drought and farmers shifting to more profitable crops. New innovations could rejuvenate the state of wheat ...

Research Plot 2, a rectangular plot of land near the Peltier Complex, is the longest continually cultivated wheat field used for research. Research Plot 2, which is the oldest continuously cultivated ...

You may not think much about wheat, but it's a big global business and a major food source. Oklahoma is unfortunately having a hard season, which was reported at the Wheat Quality Council's annual ...