Friday, March 6, 2026

Agriculture

Wheat Scoop: Cooper Rathbun Awarded 2025 Herb Clutter Memorial Scholarship

For the audio version, visit kswheat.com.   Cooper Rathbun’s earliest memories involve riding in the combine. Like many farm kids, he graduated from the buddy seat...

Wheat Scoop: Drought Conditions Stressing Kansas Wheat Crop

For the audio version, visit kswheat.com. While parts of wheat country received spotty rains overnight on Wednesday, an overall lack of April showers does not...

Wheat Scoop: Building Better Wheat: WYOM podcast with wheat breeder Allan Fritz

For the audio version, visit kswheat.com. Most farmers are familiar with the checklist of things that make a wheat variety good – high yield, good...

Wheat Scoop: Entries open for 2025 National Wheat Yield Contest, including new digital yield pilot category

For the audio version, visit kswheat.com. Is this the year for a bin-busting wheat crop? Kansas wheat producers are encouraged to scout their best fields...

Wheat Scoop: Breeding Better Wheat: A Conversation with Dr. Guorong Zhang

For the audio version, visit kswheat.com. Kansas wheat growers know that success starts with strong, resilient varieties. Few understand this better than Dr. Guorong Zhang,...

Wheat Scoop: Wheat Rx seminars emphasize the importance of yield selection and informed management decisions to maximize wheat yields

For the audio version, visit kswheat.com. Just as Kansas winter wheat fields are greening up, producers gathered at recent Wheat Rx seminars in Salina and...

Wheat Scoop: Kansas Wheat Leadership Program offers a behind-the-scenes look at the world of wheat

For the audio version, visit kswheat.com. Ever wonder what happens to the bushels of wheat delivered to the local elevator? Or about what it took...

Wheat Scoop: Carter’s Kansas-Based Community Service: Celebrate Bake and Take Month this March

For the audio version, visit kswheat.com. The late President Jimmy Carter shared a love of the land with Kansas producers. After all, he grew up...