High wheat yields begin with a solid foundation coupled with a sound understanding of what needs to be accomplished throughout the growing season. The farmers I work with plant varieties with good ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Wheat growers will soon be deciding what their seeding rate will be. Although it's a routine management decision, seeding rate is a critical component to achieving maximum ...

With a big cool down in temperature and no rain in the forecast, wheat planting is off to the races. Over the last 20 years, roughly half of the Kansas wheat crop is planted before Oct. 4, according ...

Throughout the ages, farmers have planted seed saved from their previous wheat crop. When making seed wheat decisions, they selected the best quality seed from the highest yielding varieties. Choosing ...

Throughout the ages, farmers have planted seeds saved from their previous wheat crop. When making seed wheat decisions, they selected the best-quality seed from the highest-yielding varieties.

Wheat will be maturing early due to 90°F temperatures. Wheat grows best under cooler temperatures (less than 80°F) and moist soil conditions. Wheat stands look great, but starts to die with hot dry ...

Planted winter wheat is up 2% in both the Pacific Northwest and the United States, the USDA says in its annual winter wheat seedings report. Idaho is expected to have the same acreage as last year — ...

AGAR, S.D. — Wheat seeding was just getting started on March 31, 2021, on Joachim Farms near Agar, S.D. A week later they’d seeded nine quarters. On that first day in the field, Justin Joachim, 37, ...

U.S. wheat planted area for 2026 is forecast at 43.8 million acres, down 3% from 2025 and the lowest level recorded since ...