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, ...

DAVIS, CALIF. — Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have developed wheat plants that stimulate production of its own fertilizer, which could bring environmental and cost-reduction ...

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 ...

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 ...

OSU-P92 is not your standard winter wheat variety. This latest Oklahoma State University wheat variety, released by OSU Ag ...

Growing wheat in drought conditions may be easier in the future, thanks to new genetic research out of the University of California, Davis. The research provides novel tools to modify wheat root ...