Severe drought triggers assistance in nearly all of Kansas, half of Missouri

Almost all of Kansas and nearly half of Missouri are in severe enough drought to activate a federal program meant to help ranchers who have lost grazing acres for their herds.

CROP REPORT: Winter wheat behind last year's pace

Nebraska crop progress and conditions for the week ending Sept. 25 show there were just 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork.

EXPLAINER-Biotech corn and soy widely used, consumers still wary of GM wheat

Nearly all corn and soybean acres in the world's largest exporting countries are seeded with genetically modified varieties, but that is not the case for wheat, a crop grown primarily for human food. Biotech varieties of corn and soy, used for animal feed, biofuels and ingredients like cooking oil, were introduced in 1996 and soon came to dominate plantings in the United States as well as Brazil and Argentina, the world's top suppliers. But genetically modified wheat has never been grown for commercial purposes due to consumer fears that allergens or toxicities could emerge in a staple used worldwide for bread, pasta and pastries.

Why DSV champion could be the highest yielding winter wheat - Farmers Weekly

DSV Champion achieved the highest average yield for winter wheat across the UK plus the highest outright yield recorded in the AHDB Harvest Results

US rail carriers may halt grain shipments as soon as Sept. 15

Railroads, rail workers have until Sept. 16 to reach a labor agreement, avoid work stoppage.

Ukrainian winter wheat sowing underway, 3.5% complete - agriculture ministry

KYIV, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Ukrainian farms in almost all regions have started sowing winter wheat for the 2023 harvest, seeding 141,000 hectares, or 3.5% of the expected area, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.The ministry did not provide a forecast, although minister Mykola Solsky told Reuters last month that the area could fall to 3.8 million hectares from 4.6 million a year earlier due to the Russian invasion.The minister said that Ukraine's winter barley sowing area for the 2023 harvest could also fall by 20% from last year while the winter rapeseed area would remain unchanged.The mi

Night-time heat is killing crops. Scientists are rushing to find resilient plants

Night temperatures are rising fast, and that’s a problem for rice and other critical crops, which have fewer defenses at night

First day out for the harvest! Let the first couple day bugs begin -- Mike Mitchell

Modern crop improvement takes a historical approach - Alliance for Science

Sorghum, rice, wheat, maize and barley are hugely important in the human diet, with more than 50 percent of all calories consumed coming from just a few key cereal crops. Now scientists are pairing modern gene editing with a look at the past to improve the performance of these powerhouse plants. Before they occupied such […]

GMO wheat developed in research labs could stem rust pathogens that destroy crops across Africa

Researchers have identified stem rust resistance in the wild cereal plant Aegilops sharonensis and successfully transferred the resistance gene into bread