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The National Wheat Foundation announced the winners of the 2025 National Wheat Yield Contest.

The National Wheat Yield Contest has announced the 2022 winners.  Rylee Reynolds of Idaho's Twin Falls County, set a contest yield record of 231.37 bushels an acre.  That tops the previous record of 211 bushels per acre set in 2019.  Rylee and his dad...

Does high-yielding wheat equal high-quality wheat? Does high-yielding wheat equal higher profitability?  Can potassium levels in wheat grain be increased to help combat heart disease in Americans? The National Wheat Foundation Board hopes to answer those three questions in a trio of new projects approved at the organization’s annual meeting last week. Accordin ...

The National Wheat Foundation announced Tuesday that it is accepting grower enrollment for the 2020 National Wheat Yield Contest.  The Foundation is accepting entries for Winter and Spring Wheat.  The deadline for Winter Wheat entries is May 15th with an early registration deadline of April 1st.  The Spring w...

The National Wheat Foundation officially began accepting applications for the Jerry Minore Scholarship.  The scholarship honors students pursuing a career in Ag, and is open to both high school and college students for the 2020-2021 academic year.  ...

The National Wheat Foundation officially began accepting applications for the Jerry Minore Scholarship.  The scholarship honors students pursuing a career in Ag, and is open to both high school and college students for the 2020-2021 academic year.   ...

General Mills has sent a contribution of $735,000 to the National Wheat Foundation.  The funds are earmarked for the foundation to work with the Soul Health Partnership to advance adoption and implementation of soil health practices.  The fun...

Phillip Gross, a Warden wheat farmer, was named the national winner of the National Wheat Foundation’s wheat yield contest.   Dan Mills, a Umatilla County grower, had the top yield in irrigated spring wheat.   The contest was designed for growers to use advanced seed varieties, innovative techniques and cutting-edge growing practices.   Gross ...