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 ...

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.

From the Dakotas to Texas, wheat acres have been on the decline, due to higher temperatures, drought and farmers shifting to ...

As of Sept. 1, the entire area of Perkins and Hayes counties is experiencing an “exceptional drought,” the most severe category of drought listed by the U.S. Drought monitor. Drought conditions have ...

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 — ...

It’s the age-old struggle—farmers scramble to get their work done within the timeframe that Mother Nature affords them. Depending on the local weather patterns, it can be a challenge, and farmers who ...

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 ...

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, ...

The seed decision is often marred with complexity—especially in wheat seed selection. Do you save money and use an older variety, use bin-run seed or opt for a new, certified, though undoubtedly more ...

LIND, Wash. — Seeding conditions remain exceptionally dry as farmers in much of Eastern Washington’s dryland region try to plant winter wheat. “I mean, really, no rain at all between April, May, June ...